Psalms 115:8

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

6ears, but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell, 7hands, but cannot touch, feet, but cannot walk. They cannot even clear their throats. Those who make them will end up like them, as will everyone who trusts in them. 9O Israel, trust in the Lord! He is their deliverer and protector. 10O family of Aaron, trust in the Lord! He is their deliverer and protector.

Psalms 115:8 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 115:8

• Psalms 135:18Those who make them will end up like them, as will everyone who trusts in them.
• Isaiah 44:9All who form idols are nothing; the things in which they delight are worthless. Their witnesses cannot see; they recognize nothing, so they are put to shame.
• Jeremiah 10:8The people of those nations are both stupid and foolish. Instruction from a wooden idol is worthless!
• Jonah 2:8Those who worship worthless idols forfeit the mercy that could be theirs.
• Habakkuk 2:18What good is an idol? Why would a craftsman make it? What good is a metal image that gives misleading oracles? Why would its creator place his trust in it and make such mute, worthless things?

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

Topics related to Psalms 115:8

• Idolatry

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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