Deuteronomy 4:19
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 Yahweh your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole sky.This verse in the real world
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In what words
- יָרֵחַyârêachthe moon
- כּוֹכָבkôwkâba star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince
- נָדַחnâdachto push off; used in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (to expel
- חָלַקchâlaqto be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to appor
- שֶׁמֶשׁshemeshthe sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched bat
- שָׁחָהshâchâhto depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)
- עָבַדʻâbadto work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
- שָׁמַיִםshâmayimthe sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move,
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Rom 1:25, Deu 17:3, 2Ki 21:3, 2Ki 17:16, Gen 1:16–18, Gen 2:1, Psa 148:3–5, Neh 9:6