American Standard Version
Psalms 115:8
8They that make them shall be like unto them;Yea, every one that trusteth in them.
Psalms 115:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.
- New International Version (NIV)Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Those who make them become like them; so do all who trust in them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Those who make them are like them; So is everyone who trusts in them.
Context of Psalms 115:8
6They have ears, but they hear not; Noses have they, but they smell not; 7They have hands, but they handle not; Feet have they, but they walk not; Neither speak they through their throat. They that make them shall be like unto them; Yea, every one that trusteth in them. 9O Israel, trust thou in Jehovah: He is their help and their shield. 10O house of Aaron, trust ye in Jehovah: He is their help and their shield.
Read all of Psalms 115Psalms 115:8 word by word
כְּ֭מוֹהֶם יִהְי֣וּ עֹשֵׂיהֶ֑ם כֹּ֭ל אֲשֶׁר־בֹּטֵ֣חַ בָּהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 115:8
- Psalms 135:18They that make them shall be like unto them; Yea, every one that trusteth in them.
- Isaiah 44:9They that fashion a graven image are all of them vanity; and the things that they delight in shall not profit; and their own witnesses see not, nor know: that they may be put to shame.
- Jeremiah 10:8But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.
- Jonah 2:8They that regard lying vanities Forsake their own mercy.
- Habakkuk 2:18What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he that fashioneth its form trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
Commentaries on Psalms 115:8
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8They that make them are like unto them - Stupid; senseless; irrational. See the notes at Isaiah 44:9-20. So is everyone that trusteth in them - People who do this show that they are destitute of all the proper attributes of reason, since such gods cannot help them. It is most strange, as it appears to us, that the worshippers of idols did not themselves see this; but this is in reality no more strange than that sinners do not see the folly of their course…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8Worshiping idols leads one astray and corrupts those who trust in them (Isaiah 44:20).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. every one that trusteth--they who trust, whether makers or not.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 115
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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