“the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the sky,”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Deuteronomy 4 contains 49 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.