Deuteronomy 4:17

17 or any likeness whatsoever, whether of a land animal, a bird that flies in the sky,

Deuteronomy 4:17 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 4:17

The likeness of any beast that is on the earth
As there are scarce any but the likeness of them has been made and worshipped, or the creatures themselves, as the ox by the Egyptians, the sheep by the Thebans, the goat by the Mendesians, and others by different people:

the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air;
as the hawk, and the bird called Ibis, and another by the name of Cneph by the Egyptians, and the eagle by others.

Deuteronomy 4:17 In-Context

15 So watch your conduct closely, because you didn't see any form on the day the LORD spoke to you at Horeb out of the very fire itself.

16 Don't ruin everything and make an idol for yourself: a form of any image, any likeness—male or female—

17 or any likeness whatsoever, whether of a land animal, a bird that flies in the sky,

18 an insect that crawls on the earth, or a fish that lives in the sea.

19 Don't look to the skies, to the sun or the moon or the stars, all the heavenly bodies, and be led astray, worshipping and serving them. The LORD your God has granted these things to all the nations who live under heaven.