Deuteronomy 4:18

18 atque reptilium quae moventur in terra sive piscium qui sub terra morantur in aquis

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 ne forte decepti faciatis vobis sculptam similitudinem aut imaginem masculi vel feminae

17 similitudinem omnium iumentorum quae sunt super terram vel avium sub caelo volantium

18 atque reptilium quae moventur in terra sive piscium qui sub terra morantur in aquis

19 ne forte oculis elevatis ad caelum videas solem et lunam et omnia astra caeli et errore deceptus adores ea et colas quae creavit Dominus Deus tuus in ministerium cunctis gentibus quae sub caelo sunt

20 vos autem tulit Dominus et eduxit de fornace ferrea Aegypti ut haberet populum hereditarium sicut est in praesenti die