Psalms 135:18

Psalms 135:18 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 135:18

16Their idols have mouths, but they cannot speak! They have eyes, but they cannot see! 17They have ears, but they cannot hear! They cannot even breathe! The people who made them will become as they are. Everyone who trusts in idols will become as useless as their idols are. 19Israel's family, praise the Lord! Descendants of Aaron, praise the Lord! 20Descendants of Levi, praise the Lord! Everyone who serves the Lord, praise him!

Psalms 135:18 word by word

כְּ֭מוֹהֶם יִהְי֣וּ עֹשֵׂיהֶ֑ם כֹּ֭ל אֲשֶׁר־בֹּטֵ֣חַ בָּהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• They that makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• every one that trustethבָּטַחbâţach · to trustH982

Cross-references for Psalms 135:18

• Psalms 97:7Everyone who worships idols should be ashamed. They should not boast about useless idols! All gods like that will fall down in front of the Lord.
• Psalms 115:8The people that make those idols will become useless like them. The same is true for everyone who trusts their idols to help them.
• Isaiah 44:18People like that are stupid. They do not understand anything. They cannot see the truth, as if they are blind. Their minds cannot think properly.
• Jeremiah 10:8The people of those nations are stupid and foolish. They think that wooden idols can teach them something!
• 2 Corinthians 4:4Those people do not accept God's good news. The god of this world has confused their minds. They cannot see the light that the good news brings. That message teaches about the great power of Christ, who shows us exactly what God is like.

Commentaries on Psalms 135:18

• 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

Topics related to Psalms 135:18

• Idolatry

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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