Psalms 135:15

What does Psalms 135:15 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 135:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

The idols of the nations are silver and gold, The work of men’s hands.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

The idols of the nations are silver and gold, The work of men’s hands.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

The images of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

The idols of the nations <FI>are<Fi> silver and gold, Work of the hands of man.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And overthrew Pharao and his host in the Red Sea: for his mercy endureth for ever.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands:

Context

v.14For Jehovah will judge his people, And repent himself concerning his servants.

v.15This passage

v.16They have mouths, but they speak not; Eyes have they, but they see not;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Habakkuk 2:18

    What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he that fashioneth its form trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

  • Jeremiah 10:3

    For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe.

  • Deuteronomy 4:28

    And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

  • Psalms 115:4

    Their idols are silver and gold, The work of men’s hands.

  • Isaiah 44:9

    They that fashion a graven image are all of them vanity; and the things that they delight in shall not profit; and their own witnesses see not, nor know: that they may be put to shame.

  • Isaiah 46:6

    Such as lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, they hire a goldsmith, and he maketh it a god; they fall down, yea, they worship.

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