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href="/esv/deuteronomy/29.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And you have seen their detestable things, their idols of wood and stone, of silver and gold, which were among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/29.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />You saw the abominations and idols among them made of wood and stone, of silver and gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/29.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which <i>were</i> among them:)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/29.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />and you saw their abominations and their idols which <i>were</i> among them—wood and stone and silver and gold);<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/29.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />moreover, you have seen their abominations and their idols <i>made of</i> wood and stone, silver and gold, which <i>they had</i> with them);<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/29.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />moreover, you have seen their abominations and their idols of wood, stone, silver, and gold, which they had with them);<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/29.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Moreover, you have seen their abominations and their idols <i>of</i> wood, stone, silver, and gold, which <i>they had</i> with them);<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/29.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />moreover, you have seen their detestable things and their idols <i>of</i> wood, stone, silver, and gold, which <i>they had</i> with them—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/29.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />and you have seen their detestable acts and their [repulsive] idols of wood and stone, [lifeless images] of silver and gold, which <i>they had</i> with them),<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/29.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You saw their abhorrent images and idols made of wood, stone, silver, and gold, which were among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/29.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You saw their detestable images and idols made of wood, stone, silver, and gold, which were among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/29.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them);<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/29.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them:)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/29.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You saw their disgusting gods and idols made of wood, stone, silver, and gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/29.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You saw their disgusting idols made of wood, stone, silver, and gold. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/29.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You have seen their detestable practices, their idols of wood, stone, silver, and gold that they had with them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/29.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You have seen their detestable things and idols of wood, stone, silver, and gold.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/29.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />and you have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them);<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/29.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them:)<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/29.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />You saw the abominations and idols among them made of wood and stone, of silver and gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/29.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />and you have seen their abominations and their idols of wood, stone, silver, and gold, which were among them); <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/29.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and you see their abominations, and their idols of wood and stone, silver and gold, which [are] with them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/29.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and ye see their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which are with them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/29.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And ye shall see their abominations and their rollings, wood and stone, silver and gold, which are with them:)<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/29.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />You have seen their abominations and filth, that is to say, their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which they worshipped. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/29.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />you saw their abominations and filth, that is, their idols of wood and of stone, of silver and of gold, which they worshipped,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/29.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />and saw the loathsome things and idols of wood and stone, of gold and silver, that they possess.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/29.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You have seen their detestable things, the filthy idols of wood and stone, of silver and gold, that were among them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/29.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And you have seen their abominations and their idols of wood and stone, overlaid with silver and gold).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/29.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And you have seen their abominations and their idols of wood and of stone and of overlaid silver and gold;<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/29.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />and ye have seen their detestable things, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were with them--<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/29.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And ye beheld their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which are among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/29-17.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=8173" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/29.htm">The Covenant in Moab</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">16</span>For you yourselves know how we lived in the land of Egypt and how we passed through the nations on the way here. <span class="reftext">17</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: wat·tir·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-2mp) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">You saw</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8251.htm" title="8251: šiq·qū·ṣê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Detested thing. Or shiqquts; from shaqats; disgusting, i.e. Filthy; especially idolatrous or an idol.">the abominations</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’êṯ (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1544.htm" title="1544: gil·lu·lê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- An idol. Or gillul; from galal; properly, a log; by implication, an idol.">and idols</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: ‘im·mā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">among them</a> <a href="/hebrew/6086.htm" title="6086: ‘êṣ (N-ms) -- Tree, trees, wood. From atsah; a tree; hence, wood.">made of wood</a> <a href="/hebrew/68.htm" title="68: wā·’e·ḇen (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- A stone. From the root of banah through the meaning to build; a stone.">and stone,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3701.htm" title="3701: ke·sep̄ (N-ms) -- Silver, money. From kacaph; silver; by implication, money.">of silver</a> <a href="/hebrew/2091.htm" title="2091: wə·zā·hāḇ (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Gold. From an unused root meaning to shimmer; gold, figuratively, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky.">and gold.</a> </span><span class="reftext">18</span>Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3-5</a></span><br />You shall have no other gods before Me. / You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath. / You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-1.htm">Leviticus 26:1</a></span><br />“You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/44-9.htm">Isaiah 44:9-20</a></span><br />All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame. / Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing? / Behold, all his companions will be put to shame, for the craftsmen themselves are only human. Let them all assemble and take their stand; they will all be brought to terror and shame. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/10-1.htm">Jeremiah 10:1-5</a></span><br />Hear the word that the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel. / This is what the LORD says: “Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by the signs in the heavens, though the nations themselves are terrified by them. / For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/115-4.htm">Psalm 115:4-8</a></span><br />Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. / They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; / they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell; ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/18-21.htm">1 Kings 18:21</a></span><br />Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-15.htm">2 Kings 17:15</a></span><br />They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-7.htm">Ezekiel 20:7-8</a></span><br />And I said to them: ‘Each of you must throw away the abominations before his eyes, and you must not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’ / But they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-17.htm">Hosea 4:17</a></span><br />Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/33-2.htm">2 Chronicles 33:2-9</a></span><br />And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. / For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven. / Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21-23</a></span><br />For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. / Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, / and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-19.htm">1 Corinthians 10:19-20</a></span><br />Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything? / No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-16.htm">2 Corinthians 6:16</a></span><br />What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/4-8.htm">Galatians 4:8</a></span><br />Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/5-21.htm">1 John 5:21</a></span><br />Little children, keep yourselves from idols.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And you have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them:)</p><p class="hdg">idols [heb] dungy gods </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/20-18.htm">Abominations</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-15.htm">Detestable</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/25-16.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-20.htm">Doings</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-3.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-3.htm">Images</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-64.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/22-29.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-64.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-11.htm">Wood</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/32-16.htm">Abominations</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-16.htm">Detestable</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-16.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/judges/2-19.htm">Doings</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-16.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/judges/3-19.htm">Images</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-6.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/joshua/6-19.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/joshua/4-5.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/joshua/2-6.htm">Wood</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 29</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/29-1.htm">Moses exhorts them to obedience, reminding of the works they had seen</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/29-10.htm">All are presented before the Lord to enter into his covenant</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/29-18.htm">The great wrath on him who flatters himself in his wickedness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/29-29.htm">Secret things belong unto God</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/29.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/deuteronomy/29.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>You saw the abominations and idols among them</b><br>This phrase refers to the Israelites' firsthand experience of the pagan practices and idol worship they encountered in the lands they passed through, particularly in Egypt and the surrounding nations. The term "abominations" is often used in the Old Testament to describe practices that are detestable to God, especially idolatry. The Israelites were repeatedly warned against adopting these practices (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3-5</a>). The presence of idols among the nations served as a test of Israel's faithfulness to Yahweh, highlighting the constant temptation to turn away from the covenant. This warning is echoed in the New Testament, where believers are cautioned against idolatry in any form (1 <a href="/john/5-21.htm">John 5:21</a>).<p><b>made of wood and stone, of silver and gold</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the material nature of the idols, contrasting the lifelessness of these objects with the living God of Israel. Wood and stone were common materials for idol-making in ancient times, often overlaid with precious metals like silver and gold to enhance their appearance and perceived value. Despite their ornate construction, these idols were powerless and unable to save or deliver (<a href="/isaiah/44-9.htm">Isaiah 44:9-20</a>). The use of valuable materials also reflects the economic and cultural investment in idol worship, which was deeply ingrained in the societies surrounding Israel. This serves as a reminder of the futility of trusting in material wealth or human creations, a theme that resonates throughout Scripture (<a href="/matthew/6-19.htm">Matthew 6:19-21</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites who is delivering the message from God. He is reminding the Israelites of their covenant with God and warning them against idolatry.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God who are being addressed in this passage. They are on the verge of entering the Promised Land and are being reminded of the dangers of idolatry.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/moab.htm">Moab</a></b><br>The location where Moses is delivering this message. The Israelites are camped in the plains of Moab before crossing into Canaan.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/canaan.htm">Canaan</a></b><br>The Promised Land that the Israelites are about to enter. It is a land filled with pagan nations and their idols.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/idols.htm">Idols</a></b><br>Objects of worship made from wood, stone, silver, and gold. These represent the false gods of the nations surrounding Israel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_idolatry.htm">The Danger of Idolatry</a></b><br>Idolatry is a recurring temptation for God's people. It represents a turning away from the true God to false, man-made gods. This passage serves as a warning to remain faithful to God alone.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_nature_of_idols.htm">The Nature of Idols</a></b><br>Idols are described as "abominations," highlighting their detestable nature in the sight of God. They are made from materials that are part of creation, emphasizing their impotence compared to the Creator.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/covenant_faithfulness.htm">Covenant Faithfulness</a></b><br>The Israelites are reminded of their covenant with God. Faithfulness to this covenant requires rejecting the idols of the surrounding nations and remaining devoted to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/m/modern_idolatry.htm">Modern Idolatry</a></b><br>While modern believers may not worship physical idols, anything that takes the place of God in our hearts can become an idol. This includes money, power, relationships, and more.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_vigilance.htm">Spiritual Vigilance</a></b><br>Believers are called to be vigilant in their spiritual lives, constantly examining their hearts to ensure that nothing is taking precedence over their relationship with God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_29.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 29</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/prioritizing_god_over_busyness.htm">What does the Bible say regarding pagans?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_micah_justify_his_shrine.htm">Why does Micah in Judges 17:5-6 feel justified in creating his own household shrine, despite the earlier commands against idol worship?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_sacred_objects_fit_with_acts_17_29.htm">Acts 17:29 - If God is beyond images and idols, how do Old Testament instructions for sacred objects not contradict Paul's teaching here?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_micah_make_an_idol_and_hire_a_priest.htm">Why did Micah create an idol and hire a priest?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/29.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(17) <span class= "bld">Their abominations.</span>--This word occurs here for the first time, but the verb appears in <a href="/deuteronomy/7-26.htm" title="Neither shall you bring an abomination into your house, lest you be a cursed thing like it: but you shall utterly detest it, and you shall utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.">Deuteronomy 7:26</a> ("utterly detest "), and in <a href="/leviticus/11-11.htm" title="They shall be even an abomination to you; you shall not eat of their flesh, but you shall have their carcasses in abomination.">Leviticus 11:11</a>; <a href="/leviticus/11-13.htm" title="And these are they which you shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,">Leviticus 11:13</a>; <a href="/leviticus/11-43.htm" title="You shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creeps, neither shall you make yourselves unclean with them, that you should be defiled thereby.">Leviticus 11:43</a>; <a href="/leviticus/20-25.htm" title="You shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and you shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creeps on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.">Leviticus 20:25</a>. In the later scriptures of the Old Testament this word "abomination" is frequently used to denote an idol.<p><span class= "bld">Their idols.</span>--Either "great blocks," or as in the margin, a term of extreme contempt. (See <a href="/leviticus/26-30.htm" title="And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcasses on the carcasses of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.">Leviticus 26:30</a>, where the word first occurs. ) It is a favourite term with the prophet Ezekiel, who uses it four times as often as other writers in the Old Testament. . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/29-17.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">You saw</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתִּרְאוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tir·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the abominations</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁקּ֣וּצֵיהֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(šiq·qū·ṣê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8251.htm">Strong's 8251: </a> </span><span class="str2">Disgusting, filthy, idolatrous, an idol</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and idols</span><br /><span class="heb">גִּלֻּלֵיהֶ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(gil·lu·lê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1544.htm">Strong's 1544: </a> </span><span class="str2">A log, an idol</span><br /><br /><span class="word">among them</span><br /><span class="heb">עִמָּהֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘im·mā·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> </span><span class="str2">With, equally with</span><br /><br /><span class="word">made of wood</span><br /><span class="heb">עֵ֣ץ</span> <span class="translit">(‘êṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6086.htm">Strong's 6086: </a> </span><span class="str2">Tree, trees, wood</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and stone,</span><br /><span class="heb">וָאֶ֔בֶן</span> <span class="translit">(wā·’e·ḇen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_68.htm">Strong's 68: </a> </span><span class="str2">A stone</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of silver</span><br /><span class="heb">כֶּ֥סֶף</span> <span class="translit">(ke·sep̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3701.htm">Strong's 3701: </a> </span><span class="str2">Silver, money</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and gold.</span><br /><span class="heb">וְזָהָ֖ב</span> <span class="translit">(wə·zā·hāḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2091.htm">Strong's 2091: </a> </span><span class="str2">Gold, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/29-17.htm">Deuteronomy 29:17 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/29-17.htm">Deuteronomy 29:17 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/29-17.htm">Deuteronomy 29:17 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/29-17.htm">Deuteronomy 29:17 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/29-17.htm">Deuteronomy 29:17 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/29-17.htm">Deuteronomy 29:17 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/29-17.htm">Deuteronomy 29:17 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/29-17.htm">Deuteronomy 29:17 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/29-17.htm">Deuteronomy 29:17 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/29-17.htm">Deuteronomy 29:17 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/29-17.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 29:17 And you have seen their abominations (Deut. 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