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Deuteronomy 4:28

And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.

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ASV

And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

KJV

And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

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17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַעֲבַדְתֶּם־va.'a.vad.tem-and you will serveH5647 →
שָׁ֣םshamthereH8033 →
אֱלֹהִ֔ים'E.lo.HimgodsH430 →
מַעֲשֵׂ֖הma.'a.Seh[the] work ofH4639 →
יְדֵ֣יye.Dei[the] hands ofH3027 →
אָדָ֑ם'a.Dama humanH120 →
עֵ֣ץ'etzwoodH6086 →
וָאֶ֔בֶןva.'E.venand stoneH68 →
אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
יִרְאוּן֙yir.'Unthey see !H7200 →
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
יִשְׁמְע֔וּןyish.me.'Unthey hear !H8085 →
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
יֹֽאכְל֖וּןyokh.Lunthey eat !H398 →
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
יְרִיחֻֽן׃ye.ri.Chunthey smell !H7306 →

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Psalms 115:4Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.Deuteronomy 28:64Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.Jeremiah 16:13So I will cast you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your fathers have known. There you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.’Isaiah 46:7They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles.Deuteronomy 28:36The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.Psalms 135:15The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.Ezekiel 20:39And as for you, O house of Israel, this is what the Lord GOD says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you. But afterward, you will surely listen to Me, and you will no longer defile My holy name with your gifts and idols.Acts 19:26And you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, Paul has persuaded a great number of people to turn away. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.Isaiah 45:20Come, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood and pray to a god that cannot save.Psalms 135:15–18The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.1 Samuel 26:19Now please, may my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed in the presence of the LORD! For today they have driven me away from sharing in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’Isaiah 44:9All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.Psalms 115:4–8Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.Hosea 8:11Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.Isaiah 26:14The dead will not live; the departed spirits will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them; You have wiped out all memory of them.Jeremiah 10:3For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman.Jeremiah 10:9Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz—the work of a craftsman from the hands of a goldsmith. Their clothes are blue and purple, all fashioned by skilled workers.Acts 7:42But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

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