the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the sky,
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the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the sky,
The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
a likeness of any animal that on the earth, a likeness of any winged bird that flies in the heavens,
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the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the sky,
of any beast that is on the earth or bird that flies in the air,
of any beast that is on the earth or bird that flies in the air,
The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flieth in the heavens,
the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the heaven,
The likenes of any beast that is on earth, or the likenesse of any fethered foule that flieth in the aire:
The similitude of any beasts, that are upon the earth, or of birds, that fly under heaven,
a form of any beast which `is' in the earth -- a form of any winged bird which flieth in the heavens --
a form of any beast which [is] in the earth, a form of any winged bird which flies in the heavens,
the likeness of any animal on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the heavens,
a likeness of any animal that on the earth, a likeness of any winged bird that flies in the heavens,
the pattern of any beast that is on the earth, the pattern of any winged fowl that flieth in the heaven,
the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the sky,
The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
or any land animal or bird that flies,
Or any beast of the earth, or winged bird of the air,
the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the heaven,
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Notable vocabulary
The rarest word here is תַּבְנִ֕ית pattern H8403 — appearing just 20 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.
Shared distinctive vocabulary
תַּבְנִ֕ית pattern H8403 occurs in 17 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:
Grammatical profile
Verb forms
Repetition
Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:
Hebrew & Septuagint length
In English translation the verse runs 21 words from the Hebrew and 22 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.
A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.
Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.
In the original languages it is 12 Hebrew tokens and 17 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.
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The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.
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תַּבְנִ֕ית כָּל בְּהֵמָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּאָ֑רֶץ תַּבְנִית֙ כָּל צִפּ֣וֹר כָּנָ֔ף אֲשֶׁ֥ר תָּע֖וּף בַּשָּׁמָֽיִם
the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the sky,
World English Bible · Public Domain
ὁμοίωμα πᾶς κτῆνος ὁ εἰμί ἐπί ὁ γῆ ὁμοίωμα πᾶς ὄρνεον πτερωτός ὅς πέταμαι ὑπό ὁ οὐρανός
the likeness of any beast of those that are on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird which flies under heaven,
LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →
The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.
דְמוּת כָּל בְּעִירָא דִי בְאַרְעָא דְמוּת כָּל צִפַּר גַדְפָא דִי פָּרַח בַּאֲוֵר רְקִיע שְׁמַיָא
(no public-domain English translation for this verse)
Targum Onkelos — Aramaic: “Onkelos Genesis” (public domain); “Onkelos Exodus” (public domain); “Onkelos Leviticus” (public domain); “Onkelos Numbers” (public domain); “Onkelos Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “J.W. Etheridge. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel on the Pentateuch. London: Longmans, Green, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
דְּמוּ דְכָל בְּעִירָא דִי בְאַרְעָא דְמוּ דְכָל צִפַּר גַּפָּא דְפָרְחָא בְאֲוִיר רְקִיעַ שְׁמַיָא
of any beast of the earth, of any winged bird that flieth in the air in the expanse of heaven,
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan — Aramaic: “Targum Jonathan on Genesis” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Exodus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Leviticus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Numbers” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
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Deuteronomy, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 12 words (9 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is tabnîyth (“pattern”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Commentary
Notes on Deuteronomy 4:17 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
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Trapp's Complete Commentary
John Trapp
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill's Exposition
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
The Pulpit Commentary
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Keil & Delitzsch
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch
Keil & Delitzsch — Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament (1861–1891) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API. (Old Testament only.)