Deuteronomy 4:19 “When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all th…”

Deuteronomy 4:19

When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.

World English Bible

and lest you lift up your eyes to the sky, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the army of the sky, you are drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which the LORD your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole sky.

American Standard Version

and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Jehovah thy God hath allotted unto all the peoples under the whole heaven.

Geneva Bible 1599

And lest thou lift vp thine eyes vnto heauen, and when thou seest the sunne and the moone and the starres with all the host of heauen, shouldest bee driuen to worship them and serue them, which the Lord thy God hath distributed to all people vnder the whole heauen.

Darby Translation

and lest thou lift up thine eyes to the heavens, and see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, the whole host of heaven, and be drawn away and bow down to them and serve them, which Jehovah thy God hath assigned unto all peoples under the whole heaven.

Young's Literal Translation

'And lest thou lift up thine eyes towards the heavens, and hast seen the sun, and the moon, and the stars, all the host of the heavens, and thou hast been forced, and hast bowed thyself to them, and served them, which Jehovah thy God hath apportioned to all the peoples under the whole heavens.

Bible in Basic English

And when your eyes are lifted up to heaven, and you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the army of heaven, do not let yourselves be moved to give them worship, or become the servants of what the Lord has given equally to all peoples under heaven.

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Cross references

“when thou”

Deuteronomy 17:3 Jeremiah 8:2 2 Kings 23:11 Ezekiel 8:16 2 Kings 23:4 2 Kings 23:5

Deuteronomy 17:3 · BSB

and going to worship other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven—which I have forbidden—

Jeremiah 8:2 · BSB

They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried, but will become like dung lying on…

2 Kings 23:11 · BSB

And he removed from the entrance to the house of the LORD the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They were in the court near the chamber of an official named Nathan-melech. And Josiah burned up the…

Ezekiel 8:16 · BSB

So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD…

2 Kings 23:4 · BSB

Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. And he burned th…

2 Kings 23:5 · BSB

Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem—those who had burned incense to Baal, to th…

“the host”

Romans 1:25 2 Kings 21:3 Genesis 2:1 2 Kings 17:16 Jeremiah 19:13 Zephaniah 1:5

Romans 1:25 · BSB

They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen.

2 Kings 21:3 · BSB

For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.

Genesis 2:1 · BSB

Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.

2 Kings 17:16 · BSB

They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.

Jeremiah 19:13 · BSB

The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled like that place, Topheth—all the houses on whose rooftops they burned incense to all the host of heaven and poured out drink offerings to other…

Zephaniah 1:5 · BSB

those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom,

“which the Lord”

Genesis 1:16–18 Nehemiah 9:6 Psalm 148:3–5 Psalm 136:7–9 Jeremiah 33:25 Matthew 5:45

Genesis 1:16–18 · BSB

God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.

Nehemiah 9:6 · BSB

You alone are the LORD. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all things, and the host of heaven worships Yo…

Psalm 148:3–5 · BSB

Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars.

Psalm 136:7–9 · BSB

He made the great lights— His loving devotion endures forever.

Jeremiah 33:25 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: If I have not established My covenant with the day and the night and the fixed order of heaven and earth,

Matthew 5:45 · BSB

that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

18or of any creature that crawls on the ground or fish that is in the waters below.

20Yet the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, as you are today.

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