English Standard Version
Psalms 115:8
8Those who make them become like them; so do all who trust 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Those who make them are like them; So is everyone who trusts in them.
- New Living Translation (NLT)And those who make idols are just like them, as are all who trust in them.
Context of Psalms 115:8
6They have ears, but do not hear; noses, but do not smell. 7They have hands, but do not feel; feet, but do not walk; and they do not make a sound in their throat. Those who make them become like them; so do all who trust in them. 9O Israel, trust in the Lord! He is their help and their shield. 10O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord! 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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 115:8
- Psalms 135:18Those who make them become like them, so do all who trust in them.
- Isaiah 44:9All who fashion idols are nothing, and the things they delight in do not profit. Their witnesses neither see nor know, that they may be put to shame.
- Jeremiah 10:8They are both stupid and foolish; the instruction of idols is but wood!
- Jonah 2:8Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their hope of steadfast love.
- Habakkuk 2:18"What profit is an idol when its maker has shaped it, a metal image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation when he makes speechless 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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