Psalms 115:8
6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.
They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.
9 O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
10 O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.
- KJV
- They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.
- WEB
- Those who make them will be like them; yes, everyone who trusts in them.
- ASV
- They that make them shall be like unto them; Yea, every one that trusteth in them.
- DARBY
- They that make them are like unto them, every one that confideth in them.
- BLB
- Those making them shall be like them, everyone who is trusting in them.
- ÅB
- Som de selv er, blir de som gjør dem, hver den som setter sin lit til dem.
- OTB
- De som lager dem, blir som dem,
det samme gjør alle som stoler på dem. - B1930
- Som de selv er, blir de som gjør dem, hver den som setter sin lit til dem.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 135:18
They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that trusteth in them.
Read in contextJeremiah 10:8
But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
Read in contextHabakkuk 2:18–19
What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
Read in contextJonah 2:8
They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
Read in contextIsaiah 44:9–20
They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
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