Deuteronomy 5:8

8 Thou shalt not make for thee [any] graven image, [or] any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] on the earth beneath, or that [is] in the waters beneath the earth:

Deuteronomy 5:8 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 5:8

(See Gill on Deuteronomy 5:6).

Deuteronomy 5:8 In-Context

6 I [am] the LORD thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

7 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

8 Thou shalt not make for thee [any] graven image, [or] any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] on the earth beneath, or that [is] in the waters beneath the earth:

9 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me,

10 And showing mercy to thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.