So God made the large sea animals. [5] God made every living thing that moves in the sea. There are many different kinds of sea animals—and God made them all! God also made every kind of bird that flies in the sky. And God saw this was good.
Deuteronomy 4:18 - Easy To Read Version And don’t make an idol that looks like anything that crawls on the ground or like a fish in the sea. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 the likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, or of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth. American Standard Version (1901) the likeness of anything that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth; Common English Bible an insect that crawls on the earth, or a fish that lives in the sea. Catholic Public Domain Version or of reptiles, which move across the earth, or of fish, which abide in the waters under the earth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Or of creeping things, that move on the earth, or of fishes, that abide in the waters under the earth: |
So God made the large sea animals. [5] God made every living thing that moves in the sea. There are many different kinds of sea animals—and God made them all! God also made every kind of bird that flies in the sky. And God saw this was good.
So I went in and looked. I saw statues of all kinds of reptiles {\cf2\super [65]} and animals that you hate to think about. Those statues were the filthy idols that the people of Israel worshiped. There were pictures of those animals carved all around on every wall!
Don’t make an idol that looks like an animal on the earth or like a bird that flies in the sky.
And be careful when you look up to the sky and see the sun, the moon, and the stars—all the many things in the sky. Be careful that you are not tempted to worship and serve those things. The Lord your God lets the other people in the world do those things.