Catholic Public Domain Version
"or of reptiles, which move across the earth, or of fish, which abide in the waters under the earth. "
— Deuteronomy 4:18, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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; ”
“the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth;”
“anything that crawls on the ground, or any fish in the deep waters of the earth.”
“Or of creeping things, that move on the earth, or of fishes, that abide in the waters under the earth:”
“Or of anything which goes flat on the earth, or any fish in the water under the earth.”
“The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:”
And so, guard your souls carefully. You saw no likeness on the day that the Lord God spoke to you on Horeb from the midst of fire.
Otherwise, perhaps being deceived, you might have made a graven image, or an image of male or female,
a likeness of any of the beasts, which are upon the earth, or of birds, which fly under heaven,
or of reptiles, which move across the earth, or of fish, which abide in the waters under the earth.
Otherwise, perhaps lifting up your eyes to heaven, you might look upon the sun and the moon and all the stars of heaven, and being deceived by error, you might adore and worship these things, which the Lord your God created for the service of all the nations, which are under heaven.
But the Lord has taken you up, and led you away from the iron furnaces of Egypt, in order to have a people of inheritance, just as it is to the present day.
And the Lord became angry against me because of your words, and he swore that I would not cross over the Jordan, nor enter into the excellent land, which he will give to you.