Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version You saw no form of any kind the day the LORD spoke to you at Horeb out of the fire. Therefore watch yourselves very carefully, New Living Translation “But be very careful! You did not see the LORD’s form on the day he spoke to you from the heart of the fire at Mount Sinai. English Standard Version “Therefore watch yourselves very carefully. Since you saw no form on the day that the LORD spoke to you at Horeb out of the midst of the fire, Berean Standard Bible So since you saw no form of any kind on the day the LORD spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb, be careful King James Bible Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: New King James Version “Take careful heed to yourselves, for you saw no form when the LORD spoke to you at Horeb out of the midst of the fire, New American Standard Bible “So be very careful yourselves, since you did not see any form on the day the LORD spoke to you at Horeb from the midst of the fire, NASB 1995 “So watch yourselves carefully, since you did not see any form on the day the LORD spoke to you at Horeb from the midst of the fire, NASB 1977 “So watch yourselves carefully, since you did not see any form on the day the LORD spoke to you at Horeb from the midst of the fire, Legacy Standard Bible “So keep your souls very carefully, since you did not see any form on the day Yahweh spoke to you at Horeb from the midst of the fire, Amplified Bible “So pay attention and watch yourselves carefully—for you did not see any form [of God] on the day the LORD spoke to you at Horeb from the midst of the fire— Christian Standard Bible “Diligently watch yourselves—because you did not see any form on the day the LORD spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb— Holman Christian Standard Bible For your own good, be extremely careful—because you did not see any form on the day the LORD spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb— American Standard Version Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of form on the day that Jehovah spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire; Contemporary English Version When God spoke to you from the fire, he was invisible. So be careful English Revised Version Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of form on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: GOD'S WORD® Translation You didn't see the LORD the day he spoke to you from the fire at Mount Horeb. So be very careful Good News Translation "When the LORD spoke to you from the fire on Mount Sinai, you did not see any form. For your own good, then, make certain International Standard Version "Therefore, for your own sake, be very careful, since you did not see any form on the day that the LORD your God spoke to you in Horeb from the midst of the fire. Majority Standard Bible So since you saw no form of any kind on the day the LORD spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb, be careful NET Bible Be very careful, then, because you saw no form at the time the LORD spoke to you at Horeb from the middle of the fire. New Heart English Bible Therefore watch yourselves carefully; for you saw no kind of form on the day that the LORD spoke to you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire. Webster's Bible Translation Take ye therefore good heed to yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spoke to you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire; World English Bible Be very careful, for you saw no kind of form on the day that Yahweh spoke to you in Horeb out of the middle of the fire, Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd you have been very watchful of your souls, for you have not seen any likeness in the day of YHWH’s speaking to you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire, Young's Literal Translation and ye have been very watchful of your souls, for ye have not seen any similitude in the day of Jehovah's speaking unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire, Smith's Literal Translation And watch ye greatly to your souls, for ye saw not any appearance in the day Jehovah spoke to you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleKeep therefore your souls carefully. You saw not any similitude in the day that the Lord God spoke to you in Horeb from the midst of the fire: Catholic Public Domain Version And so, guard your souls carefully. You saw no likeness on the day that the Lord God spoke to you on Horeb from the midst of fire. New American Bible Because you saw no form at all on the day the LORD spoke to you at Horeb from the midst of the fire, be strictly on your guard New Revised Standard Version Since you saw no form when the LORD spoke to you at Horeb out of the fire, take care and watch yourselves closely, Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleTake therefore good heed to yourselves; for you saw no manner of form on the day that the LORD spoke to you at Horeb out of the midst of the fire; Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Be very aware in your souls because you did not see a form in the day when LORD JEHOVAH spoke with you in Khoreeb from within the fire: OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves--for ye saw no manner of form on the day that the LORD spoke unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire-- Brenton Septuagint Translation And take good heed to your hearts, for ye saw no similitude in the day in which the Lord spoke to you in Choreb in the mountain out of the midst of the fire: Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Warning Against Idolatry15So since you saw no form of any kind on the day the LORD spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb, be careful 16that you do not act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves of any form or shape, whether in the likeness of a male or female,… Cross References Exodus 20:4-5 You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath. / You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, Isaiah 40:18-19 To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him? / To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains? Romans 1:22-23 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, / and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. Acts 17:29 Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination. Leviticus 26:1 “You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God. 1 Corinthians 10:14 Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. Isaiah 44:9-20 All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame. / Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing? / Behold, all his companions will be put to shame, for the craftsmen themselves are only human. Let them all assemble and take their stand; they will all be brought to terror and shame. ... 1 John 5:21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Psalm 115:4-8 Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. / They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; / they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell; ... Jeremiah 10:14-15 Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them. / They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish. 2 Kings 17:15-17 They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate. / They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal. / They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger. Colossians 3:5 Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry. Isaiah 46:5-7 To whom will you liken Me or count Me equal? To whom will you compare Me, that we should be alike? / They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they can bow down and worship. / They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles. Ezekiel 8:10-12 So I went in and looked, and engraved all around the wall was every kind of crawling creature and detestable beast, along with all the idols of the house of Israel. / Before them stood seventy elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising. / “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’” 1 Kings 12:28-30 After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.” / One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan. / And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves. Treasury of Scripture Take you therefore good heed to yourselves; for you saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spoke to you in Horeb out of the middle of the fire: Take ye Deuteronomy 4:9,23 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons; … Joshua 23:11 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God. 1 Chronicles 28:9,10 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever… of similitude Deuteronomy 4:12 And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice. Isaiah 40:18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? 2 Corinthians 4:4-6 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them… Jump to Previous Care Carefully Heart Heed Horeb Jehovah's Kind Manner Midst Similitude Sort Souls Speaking Voice Watch Watchful YourselvesJump to Next Care Carefully Heart Heed Horeb Jehovah's Kind Manner Midst Similitude Sort Souls Speaking Voice Watch Watchful YourselvesDeuteronomy 4 1. An exhortation to obedience41. Moses appoints the three cities of refuge on that side of Jordan 44. Recapitulation Therefore watch yourselves very carefully Therefore This word serves as a conjunction, linking the preceding verses with the instruction that follows. In the context of Deuteronomy 4, Moses is reminding the Israelites of the events at Mount Horeb, where they received the Ten Commandments. The use of "therefore" emphasizes the importance of the lessons learned from those divine encounters. It is a call to action based on the historical and spiritual truths previously outlined. watch yourselves very carefully Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew So sinceכִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction you saw רְאִיתֶם֙ (rə·’î·ṯem) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 7200: To see no לֹ֤א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no form תְּמוּנָ֔ה (tə·mū·nāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8544: Something portioned, out, as a, shape, phantom, embodiment, manifestation of any kind כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every on the day בְּי֗וֹם (bə·yō·wm) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3117: A day the LORD יְהוָ֧ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel spoke דִּבֶּ֨ר (dib·ber) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue to you אֲלֵיכֶ֛ם (’ă·lê·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to out of מִתּ֥וֹךְ (mit·tō·wḵ) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre the fire הָאֵֽשׁ׃ (hā·’êš) Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 784: A fire at Horeb, בְּחֹרֵ֖ב (bə·ḥō·rêḇ) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 2722: Horeb -- 'waste', a mountain in Sinai be careful וְנִשְׁמַרְתֶּ֥ם (wə·niš·mar·tem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to Links Deuteronomy 4:15 NIVDeuteronomy 4:15 NLT Deuteronomy 4:15 ESV Deuteronomy 4:15 NASB Deuteronomy 4:15 KJV Deuteronomy 4:15 BibleApps.com Deuteronomy 4:15 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 4:15 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 4:15 French Bible Deuteronomy 4:15 Catholic Bible OT Law: Deuteronomy 4:15 Take therefore good heed to yourselves (Deut. 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