God’s Word Translation
Psalms 135:18
18Those who make idols end up like them. So does everyone who trusts them.
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
16They have mouths, but they cannot speak. They have eyes, but they cannot see. 17They have ears, but they cannot hear. They cannot breathe. Those who make idols end up like them. So does everyone who trusts them. 19Descendants of Israel, praise the Lord. Descendants of Aaron, praise the Lord. 20Descendants of Levi, praise the Lord. You people who fear the Lord, praise the Lord.
Read all of Psalms 135Psalms 135:18 word by word
כְּ֭מוֹהֶם יִהְי֣וּ עֹשֵׂיהֶ֑ם כֹּ֭ל אֲשֶׁר־בֹּטֵ֣חַ בָּהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 135:18
- Psalms 97:7Everyone who worships idols and brags about false gods will be put to shame. All the gods will bow to him.
- Psalms 115:8Those who make idols end up like them. So does everyone who trusts them.
- Isaiah 44:18They don’t know or understand anything. Their eyes are plastered shut, so they can’t see. And their minds are closed, so they can’t understand.
- Jeremiah 10:8They are complete idiots. They learn nonsense from wooden idols.
- 2 Corinthians 4:4The god of this world has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. As a result, they don’t see the light of the Good News about Christ’s glory. It is Christ who is God’s image.
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
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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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