Leviticus 19:4

Modern

Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods. I am the LORD your God.

Traditional

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

Literal

You shall not turn to the idols, and you shall not make molten gods for yourselves. I am YHWH your God.

Latin

Nolite converti ad idola, nec deos conflatiles faciatis vobis. Ego Dominus Deus vester.

Hebrew

English

Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods. I am the LORD your God.

Theme notes and profiles

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.
Psalm 115:4–7
Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
Exodus 34:17
You shall make no molten gods for yourselves.
Exodus 20:23
You are not to make any gods alongside Me; you are not to make for yourselves gods of silver or gold.
Deuteronomy 27:15
‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image—an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman—and sets it up in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Exodus 20:3–5
You shall have no other gods before Me.
1 Corinthians 10:14
Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.
Psalm 96:5
For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens.
1 John 5:21
Little children, keep yourselves from idols.
Exodus 32:4
He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
Haggai 2:18
Consider carefully from this day forward—from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, the day the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid—consider carefully: