Leviticus 26:1 
Context| NET © | “‘You must not make for yourselves idols, 1 so you must not set up for yourselves a carved image or a pillar, and you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down before 2 it, for I am the Lord your God. |
| NIV © | "‘Do not make idols or set up an image or a sacred stone for yourselves, and do not place a carved stone in your land to bow down before it. I am the LORD your God. |
| NASB © | ‘You shall not make for yourselves idols, nor shall you set up for yourselves an image or a sacred pillar, nor shall you place a figured stone in your land to bow down to it; for I am the LORD your God. |
| NLT © | "Do not make idols or set up carved images, sacred pillars, or shaped stones to be worshiped in your land. I, the LORD, am your God. |
| MSG © | "Don't make idols for yourselves; don't set up an image or a sacred pillar for yourselves, and don't place a carved stone in your land that you can bow down to in worship. I am GOD, your God. |
| BBE © | Do not make images of false gods, or put up an image cut in stone or a pillar or any pictured stone in your land, to give worship to it; for I am the Lord your God. |
| NRSV © | You shall make for yourselves no idols and erect no carved images or pillars, and you shall not place figured stones in your land, to worship at them; for I am the LORD your God. |
| NKJV © | ‘You shall not make idols for yourselves; neither a carved image nor a sacred pillar shall you rear up for yourselves; nor shall you set up an engraved stone in your land, to bow down to it; for I am the LORD your God. |
| KJV | |
| NASB © | 'You shall not make <06213> for yourselves idols <0457> , nor <03808> shall you set <06965> up for yourselves an image <06459> or a sacred pillar <04676> , nor <03808> shall you place <05414> a figured <04906> stone <068> in your land <0776> to bow <07812> down <07812> to it; for I am the LORD <03068> your God .<0430> |
| HEBREW | |
| LXXM | |
| NET © [draft] ITL | “‘You must not <03808> make <06213> for yourselves idols <0457> , so you must not <03808> set <06965> up for yourselves a carved image <06459> or a pillar <04676> , and you must not <03808> place a sculpted <04906> stone <068> in your land <0776> to bow <07812> down before it <05921> , for <03588> I am <0589> the Lord <03068> your God .<0430> |
| NET © | “‘You must not make for yourselves idols, 1 so you must not set up for yourselves a carved image or a pillar, and you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down before 2 it, for I am the Lord your God. |
| NET © Notes |
1 sn For the literature regarding the difficult etymology and meaning of the term for “idols” (אֱלִילִם, ’elilim), see the literature cited in the note on Lev 19:4. It appears to be a diminutive play on words with אֵל (’el, “god, God”) and, perhaps at the same time, recalls a common Semitic word for “worthless, weak, powerless, nothingness.” Snaith suggests a rendering of “worthless godlings.” 2 tn Heb “on.” The “sculpted stone” appears to be some sort of stone with images carved into (see B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 181, and J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 449). |
