Psalms 135:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.”
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BSBPD
“The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“The idols of the nations are silver and gold, The work of men’s hands.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“The idols of the nations <FI>are<Fi> silver and gold, Work of the hands of man.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 135:15 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 4:28And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.
- Psalms 115:4Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
- Isaiah 37:19They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.
- Isaiah 40:19To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains?
- Isaiah 44:9All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.
- Isaiah 46:6They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they can bow down and worship.
- Jeremiah 10:3For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman.
- Habakkuk 2:18What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it— or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.
- Acts 17:29Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.
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