English Standard Version
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For all the gods of the peoples are idols, But the Lord made the heavens.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The gods of other nations are mere idols, but the Lord made the heavens!
Context of Psalms 96:5
3Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples! 4For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; he is to be 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, O 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 the heavens; he does all that he pleases.
- Psalms 135:15The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of human hands.
- Isaiah 44:8Fear not, nor be afraid; have I not told you from of old and declared it? And you are my witnesses! Is there a God besides me? There is no Rock; I know not any."
- Isaiah 46:1Bel bows down; Nebo stoops; their idols are on beasts and livestock; these things you carry are borne as burdens on weary beasts.
- Jeremiah 10:3for the customs of the peoples are vanity. A tree from the forest is cut down and worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman.
- Acts 19:26And you see and hear that not only in Ephesus but in almost all of Asia this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great many people, saying that gods made with hands are not gods.
- 1 Corinthians 8:4Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that "an idol has no real existence," and that "there is no God but one."
- Psalms 115:15May you be blessed by the Lord, who made heaven and earth!
- Genesis 1:1In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
- Isaiah 42:5Thus says God, the Lord, 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 in it:
- Jeremiah 10:11Thus shall you say to them: "The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under the 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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