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Psalms 135:15
15The idols of the nations are of silver and gold, made by human hands.
Psalms 135:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
- New International Version (NIV)The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by human hands.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of human hands.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The idols of the nations are silver and gold, The work of men’s hands.
Context of Psalms 135:15
13Lord, your name endures forever, your reputation, Lord, through all generations. 14For the Lord will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants. The idols of the nations are of silver and gold, made by human hands. 16They have mouths but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see. 17They have ears but cannot hear; indeed, there is no breath in their mouths.
Read all of Psalms 135Psalms 135:15 word by word
עֲצַבֵּ֣י הַ֭גּוֹיִם כֶּ֣סֶף וְזָהָ֑ב מַ֝עֲשֵׂ֗ה יְדֵ֣י אָדָֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 135:15
- Psalms 115:4Their idols are silver and gold, made by human hands.
- Deuteronomy 4:28There you will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see, hear, eat, or smell.
- Isaiah 37:19They have thrown their gods into the fire, for they were not gods but made from wood and stone by human hands. So they have destroyed them.
- Isaiah 40:19An idol? — something that a smelter casts and a metalworker plates with gold and makes silver chains for?
- Isaiah 44:9All who make idols are nothing, and what they treasure benefits no one. Their witnesses do not see or know anything, so they will be put to shame.
- Isaiah 46:6Those who pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales — they hire a goldsmith and he makes it into a god. Then they kneel and bow down to it.
- Jeremiah 10:3for the customs of the peoples are worthless. Someone cuts down a tree from the forest; it is worked by the hands of a craftsman with a chisel.
- Habakkuk 2:18What use is a carved idol after its craftsman carves it? It is only a cast image, a teacher of lies. For the one who crafts its shape trusts in it and makes worthless idols that cannot speak.
- Acts 17:29Since, then, we are God’s offspring, we shouldn’t think that the divine nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image fashioned by human art and imagination.
Commentaries on Psalms 135:15
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15-18Verses 15-18 The idols of the heathen are silver and gold - To show more fully the propriety of praising God, and him alone as God, the psalmist instituted a comparison between him and idols, showing that the gods worshipped by the pagan lacked every ground of claim to divine worship and homage. They were, after all that could be done to fashion, to decorate, and to adorn them, nothing but silver and gold, and could have no better claim to worship than…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-21Verses 15-21 These verses arm believers against idolatry and all false worship, by showing what sort of gods the heathen worshipped. And the more deplorable the condition of the Gentile nations that worship idols, the more are we to be thankful that we know better. Let us pity, and pray for, and seek to benefit benighted heathens and deluded sinners. Let us endeavour to glorify his name, and recommend his truth, not only with our lips, but by holy lives…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-18Idols lead people to think wrongly because they are only things humans make. They cannot speak, see, hear, or breathe (Isaiah 41:22–24; 44:9, 18; Romans 1:21–23).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-1815-18. (Compare Psa 115:4-8).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 135
- 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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