Psalms 135:15

Psalms 135:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
• New International Version (NIV)The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by human hands.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of human hands.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The idols of the nations are silver and gold, The work of men’s hands.

Context of Psalms 135:15

13O Lord, your name endures, your reputation, O Lord, lasts. 14For the Lord vindicates his people, and has compassion on his servants. The nations’ idols are made of silver and gold, they are man-made. 16They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see, 17and ears, but cannot hear. Indeed, they cannot breathe.

Psalms 135:15 word by word

עֲצַבֵּ֣י הַ֭גּוֹיִם כֶּ֣סֶף וְזָהָ֑ב מַ֝עֲשֵׂ֗ה יְדֵ֣י אָדָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The idolsעָצָב‛âtsâb · idolH6091
• of the heathenגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• silverכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: moneyH3701
• and goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
• the workמַעֲשֶׂהma‛ăώeh · deed: workH4639
• of men’sאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• handsיָדyâd · handH3027

Cross-references for Psalms 135:15

• Psalms 115:4Their idols are made of silver and gold – they are man-made.
• Deuteronomy 4:28There you will worship gods made by human hands – wood and stone that can neither see, hear, eat, nor smell.
• Isaiah 37:19They have burned the gods of the nations, for they are not really gods, but only the product of human hands manufactured from wood and stone. That is why the Assyrians could destroy them.
• Isaiah 40:19A craftsman casts an idol; a metalsmith overlays it with gold and forges silver chains for it.
• 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.
• Isaiah 46:6Those who empty out gold from a purse and weigh out silver on the scale hire a metalsmith, who makes it into a god. They then bow down and worship it.
• Jeremiah 10:3For the religion of these people is worthless. They cut down a tree in the forest, and a craftsman makes it into an idol with his tools.
• 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?
• Acts 17:29So since we are God’s offspring, we should not think the deity is like gold or silver or stone, an image made by human skill and imagination.

Commentaries on Psalms 135:15

• 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

Topics related to Psalms 135:15

• Idol
• Idolatry

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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