Psalms 135:18
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.
They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that trusteth in them.
19 Bless the LORD, O house of Israel: bless the LORD, O house of Aaron:
20 Bless the LORD, O house of Levi: ye that fear the LORD, bless the LORD.
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
- Their makers shall come to 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, vil bli som dem,
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 115:8
They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.
Read in context2 Corinthians 4:4
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
Read in contextJeremiah 10:8
But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
Read in contextIsaiah 44:18–20
They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
Read in contextPsalms 97:7
Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.
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