Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
Holman Bible
There you will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see, hear, eat, or smell.
International Standard Version
There you'll serve gods made by human hands, serving trees and stones that cannot see, hear, eat, nor smell.
A Conservative Version
And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
American Standard Version
And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
Amplified
And there you will serve [false and foreign] gods, the work of human hands, [lifeless images of] wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell [the offerings of food given to them].
Bible in Basic English
There you will be the servants of gods, made by men's hands, of wood and stone, having no power of seeing or hearing or taking food or smelling.
Darby Translation
And ye shall there serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
Julia Smith Translation
And ye served there gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which shall not see, and shall not hear, and shall not eat, and shall not breathe.
King James 2000
And there you shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And you will there serve gods {made by human hands}, [of] wood and stone, [gods] that cannot see and cannot hear and cannot eat and cannot smell.
Modern King James verseion
And there you shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and there ye shall serve gods which are the works of man's hand: wood and stone which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.
NET Bible
There you will worship gods made by human hands -- wood and stone that can neither see, hear, eat, nor smell.
New Heart English Bible
There you shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
The Emphasized Bible
and ye will serve there gods made by the hands of man, - wood or stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.
Webster
And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
World English Bible
There you shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
Youngs Literal Translation
and ye have served there gods, work of man's hands, wood and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
Themes
Idol » Made of » Wood and stone
Idolatry » Obstinate sinners judicially given up to
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Senseless idols
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 4:28
Verse Info
Context Readings
Threat And Blessing Following Covenant Disobedience
27
And the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the LORD will drive you.
28
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:36
"The LORD will bring you and your king whom you set over you to a nation that neither you nor your fathers have known. And there you shall serve other gods of wood and stone.
Deuteronomy 28:64
"And the LORD will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you shall serve other gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.
Jeremiah 16:13
Therefore I will hurl you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you shall serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.'
1 Samuel 26:19
Now therefore let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is the LORD who has stirred you up against me, may he accept an offering, but if it is men, may they be cursed before the LORD, for they have driven me out this day that I should have no share in the heritage of the LORD, saying, 'Go, serve other gods.'
Isaiah 44:9
All who fashion idols are nothing, and the things they delight in do not profit. Their witnesses neither see nor know, that they may be put to shame.
Isaiah 46:7
They lift it to their shoulders, they carry it, they set it in its place, and it stands there; it cannot move from its place. If one cries to it, it does not answer or save him from his trouble.
Psalm 115:4-8
Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands.
Psalm 135:15-18
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of human hands.
Isaiah 45:20
"Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, you survivors of the nations! They have no knowledge who carry about their wooden idols, and keep on praying to a god that cannot save.
Jeremiah 10:3
for the customs of the peoples are vanity. A tree from the forest is cut down and worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman.
Jeremiah 10:9
Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz. They are the work of the craftsman and of the hands of the goldsmith; their clothing is violet and purple; they are all the work of skilled men.
Ezekiel 20:32
"What is in your mind shall never happen--the thought, 'Let us be like the nations, like the tribes of the countries, and worship wood and stone.'
Ezekiel 20:39
"As for you, O house of Israel, thus says the Lord GOD: Go serve every one of you his idols, now and hereafter, if you will not listen to me; but my holy name you shall no more profane with your gifts and your idols.
Acts 7:42
But God turned away and gave them over to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: "'Did you bring to me slain beasts and sacrifices, during the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?