You shall not make to you 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. Treasury of Scripture Exodus 32:1,8,23 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron... Exodus 34:17 You shall make you no molten gods. Leviticus 19:4 Turn you not to idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God. Leviticus 26:1 You shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither raise you up a standing image... Deuteronomy 4:15-19,23-25 Take you therefore good heed to yourselves... Deuteronomy 5:8 You shall not make you any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath... Deuteronomy 27:15 Cursed be the man that makes any graven or molten image, an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman... 1 Kings 12:28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem... 2 Chronicles 33:7 And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son... Psalm 97:7 Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all you gods. Psalm 115:4-8 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands... Psalm 135:15-18 The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's hands... Isaiah 40:18-20 To whom then will you liken God? or what likeness will you compare to him... Isaiah 42:8,17 I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images... Isaiah 44:9-20 They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses... Isaiah 45:16 They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols. Isaiah 46:5-8 To whom will you liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like... Jeremiah 10:3-5,8,9,14-16 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the ax... Ezekiel 8:10 So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel... Acts 17:29 For as much then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like to gold, or silver, or stone... Acts 19:26-35 Moreover you see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia... Romans 1:23 And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four footed beasts... Revelation 9:20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands... Revelation 13:14,15 And deceives them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast... Revelation 14:9-11 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image... Revelation 16:2 And the first went, and poured out his vial on the earth...
Context The Ten Commandments
1And God spoke all these words, saying, 2I am the LORD your God, which have brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3You shall have no other gods before me. 4You shall not make to you 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. 5You shall not bow down yourself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; 6And showing mercy to thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. 7You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that takes his name in vain. 8Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9Six days shall you labor, and do all your work: 10But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD your God: in it you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger that is within your gates: 11For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: why the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. 12Honor your father and your mother: that your days may be long on the land which the LORD your God gives you. 13You shall not kill. 14You shall not commit adultery. 15You shall not steal. 16You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. 17You shall not covet your neighbor's house, you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is your neighbor's. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor 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.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou shalt not make to thyself a graven thing, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, nor of those things that are in the waters under the earth.
Darby Bible Translation
Thou shalt not make thyself any graven image, or any form of what is in the heavens above, or what is in the earth beneath, or what is in the waters under the earth:
King James Bible
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:
Young's Literal Translation
Thou dost not make to thyself a graven image, or any likeness which is in the heavens above, or which is in the earth beneath, or which is in the waters under the earth.
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