Psalms 135:15
13 Thy name, O LORD, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, O LORD, throughout all generations.
14 For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his servants.
The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
16 They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not;
17 They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths.
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
- The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
- KJV
- The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
- WEB
- The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
- ASV
- The idols of the nations are silver and gold, The work of men`s hands.
- DARBY
- The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands:
- BLB
- The idols of the nations [are] silver and gold, the work of the hands of man.
- ÅB
- Hedningenes avguder er sølv og gull, et verk av menneskers hender.
- OTB
- Folkenes avguder er laget av sølv og gull,
Verk av menneskehender. - B1930
- Hedningenes avguder er sølv og gull, et verk av menneskers hender.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 115:4–8
Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
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 contextJeremiah 10:3–11
For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
Read in contextIsaiah 37:19
And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
Read in contextActs 17:29
Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.
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.
Read in contextIsaiah 46:6–7
They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 4:28
And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
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