Verse 25

Deuteronomy 4:25

Noah Webster Bible

25 When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves , and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing , and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God (Elohim), to provoke him to anger:
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּֽי תוֹלִ֤יד בָּנִים֙ וּ/בְנֵ֣י בָנִ֔ים וְ/נוֹשַׁנְתֶּ֖ם בָּ/אָ֑רֶץ וְ/הִשְׁחַתֶּ֗ם וַ/עֲשִׂ֤יתֶם פֶּ֨סֶל֙ תְּמ֣וּנַת כֹּ֔ל וַ/עֲשִׂיתֶ֥ם הָ/רַ֛ע בְּ/עֵינֵ֥י יְהוָֽה אֱלֹהֶ֖י/ךָ לְ/הַכְעִיסֽ/וֹ
English Translation
When you bear children and children's children and you become old in the land and corrupt yourselves and make a carved image, the form of anything, and do evil in the sight of the Lord your God to provoke Him to anger.
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Chapter 4 Context
1 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, to the statutes and to the judgments, which I teach you, to do them... Focus ↗
2 Ye shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish aught from it, that ye m... Focus ↗
3 Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baal-peor: for all the men that followed Baal-peor,... Focus ↗
4 But ye who adhered to the LORD your God (Elohim), are alive every one of you this day. Focus ↗
5 Behold, I have taught you statutes, and judgments, even as the LORD my God (Elohim) commanded me, th... Focus ↗
6 Keep therefore and do them ; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nati... Focus ↗
7 For what nation is there so great, which hath God (Elohim) so nigh to them, as the LORD our God (Elo... Focus ↗
8 And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, wh... Focus ↗
9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou shouldst forget the things which... Focus ↗
10 Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God (Elohim) in Horeb, when the LORD said t... Focus ↗
11 And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to the midst of hea... Focus ↗
12 And the LORD spoke to you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no... Focus ↗
13 And he declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and h... Focus ↗
14 And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in... Focus ↗
15 Take ye therefore good heed to yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LO... Focus ↗
16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves , and make to you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the liken... Focus ↗
17 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the a... Focus ↗
18 The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water... Focus ↗
19 And lest thou shouldst lift up thy eyes to heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and th... Focus ↗
20 But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you out of the iron furnace, even from Egypt, to be to him... Focus ↗
21 Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and swore that I should not go over Jordan, a... Focus ↗
22 But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good... Focus ↗
23 Take heed to yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God (Elohim), which he made wi... Focus ↗
24 For the LORD thy God (Elohim) is a consuming fire, even a jealous God (Elohim). Focus ↗
25 When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land...
26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from the... Focus ↗
27 And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heath... Focus ↗
28 And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear,... Focus ↗
29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God (Elohim), thou shalt find him , if thou shalt se... Focus ↗
30 When thou art in tribulation, and all these things have come upon thee, even in the latter days, if... Focus ↗
31 (For the LORD thy God (Elohim) is a merciful God (Elohim);) he will not forsake thee, neither destro... Focus ↗
32 For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God (Elohim) creat... Focus ↗
33 Did ever people hear the voice of God (Elohim) speaking from the midst of the fire, as thou hast hea... Focus ↗
34 Or hath God (Elohim) essayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by tempta... Focus ↗
35 To thee it was shown, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God (Elohim); there is none beside... Focus ↗
36 Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee; and upon earth he showed... Focus ↗
37 And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out of... Focus ↗
38 To drive out nations from before thee, greater and mightier than thou art , to bring thee in, to giv... Focus ↗
39 Know therefore this day, and consider it in thy heart, that the LORD he is God (Elohim) in heaven ab... Focus ↗
40 Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes and his commandments which I command thee this day, that it m... Focus ↗
41 Then Moses set apart three cities on the side of Jordan, towards the sun-rising; Focus ↗
42 That the slayer might flee thither, who should kill his neighbor unawares, and when he had not hated... Focus ↗
43 Namely , Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of... Focus ↗
44 And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel. Focus ↗
45 These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spoke to the children of... Focus ↗
46 On the east side of Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-Peor, in the land of Sihon king of the A... Focus ↗
47 And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, who were... Focus ↗
48 From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even to mount Sion, which is Hermon, Focus ↗
49 And all the plain on the side of Jordan eastward, even to the sea of the plain, under the springs of... Focus ↗