Deuteronomy 16:22
Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the Lord thy God hateth.
Deuteronomy 16:22 in other translations
| BSB | and do not set up for yourselves a sacred pillar, which the LORD your God hates. |
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| WEB | Neither shall you set yourself up a sacred stone which the LORD your God hates. |
| ASV | Neither shalt thou set thee up a pillar; which Jehovah thy God hateth. |
| YLT | and thou dost not raise up to thee any standing image which Jehovah thy God is hating. |
| DARBY | Neither shalt thou set thee up a statue, which Jehovah thy God hateth. |
| BBE | You are not to put up stone pillars, for they are hated by the Lord your God. |
| Webster | Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God hateth. |
What does Deuteronomy 16:22 mean?
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 16:18-22
Care is taken for the due administration of justice. All personal regards must be laid aside, so that right is done to all, and wrong to none. Care is taken to prevent following the idolatrous customs of the heathen. Nothing belies God more, or tends more to corrupt the minds of men, than representing and worshipping, by an image, that God, who is an almighty and eternal Spirit, present every where. Alas! even in…
Deuteronomy 16:22 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 16:22
- Leviticus 26:1
Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the Lord your God.
- Exodus 20:4
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
- Jeremiah 44:4
Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.
- Revelation 2:15
So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.
- Deuteronomy 12:31
Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God: for every abomination to the Lord, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.
- Revelation 2:6
But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
- Zechariah 8:17
And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the Lord.
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Context
- Deuteronomy 16:21
Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
- Deuteronomy 16:22
Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the Lord thy God hateth.
Deuteronomy 16:22 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Ni te levantarás estatua; lo cual aborrece Jehová tu Dios. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et tu ne te dresseras pas de statue, – chose que hait l’ Éternel, ton Dieu. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und du sollst dir keine Bildsäule aufrichten, die Jehova, dein Gott, haßt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Nec facies tibi, neque constitues statuam: quæ odit Dominus Deus tuus. |