Psalms 96:5
3 Declare His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all peoples.
4 For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.
For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens.
6 Splendor and majesty are before Him; strength and beauty fill His sanctuary.
7 Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens.
- KJV
- For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.
- WEB
- For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but the LORD made the heavens.
- ASV
- For all the gods of the peoples are idols; But Jehovah made the heavens.
- DARBY
- For all the gods of the peoples are idols; but Jehovah made the heavens.
- BLB
- For all the gods of the peoples [are] idols, and YHWH made the heavens.
- ÅB
- For alle folkenes guder er intet; men Herren har gjort himmelen.
- OTB
- For alle folkenes guder er bare avguder,
Men Herren skapte himlene. - B1930
- For alle folkenes guder er intet; men Herren har gjort himmelen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 115:15
May you be blessed by the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
Read in contextIsaiah 42:5
This is what God the LORD says— He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:
Read in context1 Corinthians 8:4
So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.
Read in contextPsalms 135:18
Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.
Read in contextJeremiah 10:14–15
Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.
Read in contextJeremiah 10:11–12
Thus you are to tell them: “These gods, who have made neither the heavens nor the earth, will perish from this earth and from under these heavens.”
Read in contextJeremiah 10:3–5
For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman.
Read in contextIsaiah 46:1–2
Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal.
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