Deuteronomy 4:28

A Warning against Idolatry

27Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.28And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.

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Berean Standard Bible
And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.
American Standard Version (1901)
And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
Bible in Basic English
There you will be the servants of gods, made by men's hands, of wood and stone, having no power of seeing or hearing or taking food or smelling.
Douay-Rheims 1899
And there you shall serve gods, that were framed with men’s hands: wood and stone, that neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
Free Bible Version
There you will worship gods of wood and stone made by human beings. These idols can't see or hear or eat or smell.
Geneva Bible 1599
And there ye shall serue gods, euen ye worke of mans hand, wood, and stone, which neither see, nor heare, nor eate, nor smelll.
King James (Authorized) Version
And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
One Unity Resource Bible
There you shall abad ·serve· deities, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor sh'ma ·hear obey·, nor eat, nor smell.
Translation for Translators
When you are in those nations, you will worship gods that are made of wood and stone, gods made by humans, gods that cannot see anything or hear anything or eat anything or smell anything.
Unlocked Literal Bible
There you will serve other gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, hear, eat, nor smell.
Noah Webster Bible
And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
World English Bible
There you will serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
Young's Literal Translation
and ye have served there gods, work of man's hands, wood and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.