Deuteronomy 4:18

18 any creature that crawls on the ground, or any fish in the water.

Deuteronomy 4:18 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 4:18

The likeness of anything that creepeth on the ground
As serpents by many; and indeed that creature is introduced into almost all the idolatries of the Heathens, which seems to take its rise from the serpent Satan made use of to deceive our first parents:

the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth;
as the crocodile and hippopotamus, or river horse, by the Egyptians; and Dagon and Derceto, supposed to be figures in the form of a fish, among the Phoenicians.

Deuteronomy 4:18 In-Context

16 that you don't become corrupt and make your own carved idols. Don't make statues that represent men or women,

17 any animal on earth, any creature with wings that flies,

18 any creature that crawls on the ground, or any fish in the water.

19 Don't let yourselves be tempted to worship and serve what you see in the sky--the sun, the moon, the stars, or anything else. The LORD your God has given them to all people everywhere.

20 But you are the people the LORD brought out of Egypt, the iron smelter, in order to make you his own people as you still are today.