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Psalms 135:15
15The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's 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
13Thy name, O Jehovah, is for ever; thy memorial, O Jehovah, from generation to generation. 14For Jehovah will judge his people, and will repent in favour of his servants. The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands: 16They have a mouth, and they speak not; eyes have they, and they see not; 17They have ears, and they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouth.
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עֲצַבֵּ֣י הַ֭גּוֹיִם כֶּ֣סֶף וְזָהָ֑ב מַ֝עֲשֵׂ֗ה יְדֵ֣י אָדָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 135:15
- Psalms 115:4Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands:
- Deuteronomy 4:28And ye shall there serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
- Isaiah 37:19and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; and they have destroyed them.
- Isaiah 40:19The workman casteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains [for it].
- Isaiah 44:9They that form a graven image are all of them vanity, and their delectable things are of no profit; and they are their own witnesses: they see not, nor know; — that they may be ashamed.
- Isaiah 46:6— They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance; they hire a goldsmith, and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
- Jeremiah 10:3For the statutes of the peoples are vanity; for [it is] a tree cut out of the forest, worked with a chisel by the hands of the artizan;
- Habakkuk 2:18What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it? the molten image, and the teacher of falsehood, that the maker of his work dependeth thereon, to make dumb idols?
- Acts 17:29Being therefore [the] offspring of God, we ought not to think that which is divine to be like gold or silver or stone, [the] graven form of man's 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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