God’s Word Translation
Psalms 115:8
8Those who make idols end up like them. So does everyone who trusts 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.
- 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 115:8
6They have ears, but they cannot hear. They have noses, but they cannot smell. 7They have hands, but they cannot feel. They have feet, but they cannot walk. They cannot ⌞even⌟ make a sound with their throats. Those who make idols end up like them. So does everyone who trusts them. 9Israel, trust the Lord. He is your helper and your shield. 10Descendants of Aaron, trust the Lord. He is your helper and your 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 idols end up like them. So does everyone who trusts them.
- Isaiah 44:9All who make idols are nothing. Their precious treasures are worthless. Their own witnesses do not see or know anything, so they will be put to shame.
- Jeremiah 10:8They are complete idiots. They learn nonsense from wooden idols.
- Jonah 2:8Those who hold on to worthless idols abandon their loyalty ⌞to you⌟.
- Habakkuk 2:18“What benefit is there in a carved idol when its maker has carved it? What benefit is there in a molded statue, a teacher of lies, when its maker has molded it? The one who formed it trusts himself to make worthless idols that cannot speak.
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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