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Psalms 96:5
5For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the Lord made the heavens.
Psalms 96:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the Lord made the heavens.
- New International Version (NIV)For all the gods of the nations are idols, but the Lord made the heavens.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the Lord made the heavens.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For all the gods of the peoples are idols, But the Lord made the heavens.
Context of Psalms 96:5
3Declare his glory among the nations, his wondrous works among all peoples. 4For the Lord is great and is highly praised; he is feared above all gods. For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the Lord made the heavens. 6Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. 7Ascribe to the Lord, you families of the peoples, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
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כִּ֤י׀ כָּל־אֱלֹהֵ֣י הָעַמִּ֣ים אֱלִילִ֑ים וַֽ֝יהוָ֗ה שָׁמַ֥יִם עָשָֽׂה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 96:5
- Psalms 115:3Our God is in heaven and does whatever he pleases.
- Psalms 135:15The idols of the nations are of silver and gold, made by human hands.
- Isaiah 44:8Do not be startled or afraid. Have I not told you and declared it long ago? You are my witnesses! Is there any God but me? There is no other Rock; I do not know any.
- Isaiah 46:1Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Idols depicting them are consigned to beasts and cattle. The images you carry are loaded, as a burden for the weary animal.
- 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.
- Acts 19:26You see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in almost all of Asia, this man Paul has persuaded and misled a considerable number of people by saying that gods made by hand are not gods.
- 1 Corinthians 8:4About eating food sacrificed to idols, then, we know that “an idol is nothing in the world,” and that “there is no God but one.”
- Psalms 115:15May you be blessed by the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.
- Genesis 1:1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
- Isaiah 42:5This is what God, the Lord, says — who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk on it —
- Jeremiah 10:11You are to say this to them: “The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under these heavens.”
Commentaries on Psalms 96:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5All the gods of the nations are idols - אלהי elohey . All those reputed or worshipped as gods among the heathens are אלילים elilim, vanities, emptinesses, things of nought. Instead of being Elohim, they are elilim; they are not only not God, but they are nothing." "Jehovah made the heavens." He who is the creator is alone worthy of adoration.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5For all the gods of the nations are idols - All the gods worshipped by the people of other lands are mere “idols.” None of them can claim to have a real existence as gods. The word here rendered “idols” is translated by the Septuagint, ́ daimonia “demons.” So the Latin Vulgate “daemonia.” The Hebrew word - אליל 'ĕlı̂yl - means properly “of nothing, nought, empty, vain.” See Job 13:4. The meaning here is, that they were mere nothings; they had no real…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5The Lord made the heavens, an even greater task than creating the earth. The idols, made by human hands (Psalm 115:4), created nothing.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-54-5. For He is not a local God, but of universal agency, while idols are nothing.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 96
- 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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