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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The idols of the nations are merely things of silver and gold, shaped by human hands.

Context of Psalms 135:15

13Your name, Lord, endures forever, your renown, Lord, through all generations. 14For the Lord will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants. The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by human hands. 16They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see. 17They have ears, but cannot hear, nor is there breath in their mouths.

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 115:4But their idols are silver and gold, made by human hands.
• Deuteronomy 4:28There you will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.
• Isaiah 37:19They have thrown their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods but only wood and stone, fashioned by human hands.
• Isaiah 40:19As for an idol, a metalworker casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and fashions silver chains for it.
• Isaiah 44:9All who make idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Those who would speak up for them are blind; they are ignorant, to their own shame.
• Isaiah 46:6Some pour out gold from their bags and weigh out silver on the scales; they hire a goldsmith to make it into a god, and they bow down and worship it.
• Jeremiah 10:3For the practices of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the forest, and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel.
• Habakkuk 2:18“Of what value is an idol carved by a craftsman? Or an image that teaches lies? For the one who makes it trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.
• Acts 17:29“Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by human design and skill.

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