Leviticus 19:4
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Turn you not to idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.
American King James Version (AKJV)
Turn you not to idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am Jehovah your God.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Do not go after false gods, and do not make metal images of gods for yourselves: I am the Lord your God.
Webster's Revision
Turn ye not to idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.
World English Bible
"'Don't turn to idols, nor make molten gods for yourselves. I am Yahweh your God.
English Revised Version (ERV)
Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.
Clarke's Leviticus 19:4 Bible Commentary
Turn ye not unto idols - אלילם elilim, literally nothings; and to this St. Paul seems to allude 1 Corinthians 8:4, where he says, We know that an idol is Nothing in the world.
Wesley's Leviticus 19:4 Bible Commentary
19:4 Idols - The word signifies such as are no Gods, or nothings, as they are called, 1Cor 8:4, many idols having no being, but in the fancy of their worshippers, and all of them having no virtue or power to do good or evil, Isa 41:23.
