Leviticus 19 · Verse 4

Leviticus 19:4

Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 19:4, King James Version

Leviticus 19:4 in other translations

BSBDo not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods. I am the LORD your God.
WEB“‘Don’t turn to idols, nor make molten gods for yourselves. I am the LORD your God.
ASVTurn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am Jehovah your God.
YLT‘Ye do not turn unto the idols, and a molten god ye do not make to yourselves; I am Jehovah your God.
DARBYYe shall not turn unto idols, and ye shall not make to yourselves moltengods: I am Jehovah your God.
BBEDo not go after false gods, and do not make metal images of gods for yourselves: I am the Lord your God.
WebsterTurn ye not to idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.

What does Leviticus 19:4 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 Turn ye not unto idols - אלילם elilim, literally nothings; and to this St. Paul seems to allude 1Cor 8:4, where he says, We know that an idol is Nothing in the world.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Leviticus 19:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אַל\־'al-may notH408
תִּפְנוּ֙tif.Nuyou turnH6437
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הָ֣אֱלִילִ֔יםha.'e.li.Lim<the> worthless idolsH457
וֵֽאלֹהֵי֙ve.lo.Heiand gods ofH430
מַסֵּכָ֔הma.se.Khahmolten metalH4541
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
תַעֲשׂ֖וּta.'a.Suyou must makeH6213
לָכֶ֑םla.Khemfor <the> yourselves
אֲנִ֖י'a.NiIH589
יְהוָ֥הYah.weh[am] YahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם\׃'e.lo.hei.KhemGod yourH430

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Cross references for Leviticus 19:4

  • 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 34:17

    Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.

  • Psalms 115:4-7

    Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.

  • Exodus 20:23

    Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.

  • Deuteronomy 27:15

    Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:14

    Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.

  • 1 John 5:21

    Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

  • Psalms 96:5

    For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the Lord made the heavens.

  • Exodus 20:3-5

    Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 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: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

  • Exodus 32:4

    And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

  • Haggai 2:18

    Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the Lord’s temple was laid, consider it.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
not unto.
26:1
See on
Ex 20:3-5; 1Co 10:14; 1Jo 5:21
molten gods.
Ex 20:23; 32:4; 34:17; De 27:15; Hag 2:18

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Context

  • Leviticus 19:3

    Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

  • Leviticus 19:4

    Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the Lord your God.

  • Leviticus 19:5

    And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord, ye shall offer it at your own will.

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Leviticus 19:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
No os volveréis á los ídolos, ni haréis para vosotros dioses de fundición: Yo Jehová vuestro Dios.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Vous ne vous tournerez point vers les idoles, et vous ne vous ferez point de dieux de fonte. Moi, je suis l’ Éternel, votre Dieu.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Ihr sollt euch nicht zu den Götzen wenden, und gegossene Götter sollt ihr euch nicht machen. Ich bin Jehova, euer Gott.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Nolite converti ad idola, nec deos conflatiles faciatis vobis. Ego Dominus Deus vester.