Deuteronomy - 4:18

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18 the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth;

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Explanation and meaning of Deuteronomy 4:18.

Differing Translations

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The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
the likeness of anything that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth;
Or of creeping things, that move on the earth, or of fishes, that abide in the waters under the earth:
the pattern of anything that creepeth on the ground, the pattern of any fish that is in the waters under the earth;
the likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth:
a form of any creeping thing on the ground, a form of any fish which is in the waters under the earth;
The likeness of any thing that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
Or of anything which goes flat on the earth, or any fish in the water under the earth.
the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water below the land;
or of reptiles, which move across the earth, or of fish, which abide in the waters under the earth.
Effigiem cujuscunque repentis in terra: effigiem cujuscunque piscis qui est in aquis sub terra.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

The likeness of anything that creepeth on the ground,.... As serpents by many; and indeed that creature is introduced into almost all the idolatries of the Heathens, which seems to take its rise from the serpent Satan made use of to deceive our first parents:
the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth; as the crocodile and hippopotamus, or river horse, by the Egyptians; and Dagon and Derceto, supposed to be figures in the form of a fish, among the Phoenicians.

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