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Psalm 115

Psa. 115:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Their idols
`atsab (Hebrew #6091)
an (idolatrous) image
KJV usage: idol, image.
Pronounce: aw-tsawb'
Origin: from 6087
g are silver
keceph (Hebrew #3701)
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
KJV usage: money, price, silver(-ling).
Pronounce: keh'-sef
Origin: from 3700
and gold
zahab (Hebrew #2091)
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
KJV usage: gold(-en), fair weather.
Pronounce: zaw-hawb'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to shimmer
, the work
ma`aseh (Hebrew #4639)
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
KJV usage: act, art, + bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, X well, ((handy-, needle-, net-))work(ing, - manship), wrought.
Pronounce: mah-as-eh'
Origin: from 6213
of men’s
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
hands
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
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Psa. 135:15‑18• 15Idols of the nations [are] silver and gold,{HR}Works of man's hands.
 16A mouth have they, and they speak not;{HR}Eyes have they, and they see not;
 17Ears have they, and they hear not;{HR}Also there is no breath in their mouth.
 18Like them are those that make them—{HR}Every one confiding in them. (Psa. 135:15‑18)
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Isa. 40:19• 19The workman casteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains. (Isa. 40:19)
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Jer. 10:3‑7• 3For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
 4They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
 5They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
 6Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O Jehovah; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
 7Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? {i}For to thee doth it appertain; for among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.{/i} (Jer. 10:3‑7)

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Gold,
Idolatry,
Silver

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Ministry on This Verse

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Their idols.They are metal, stone, and wood; and though generally made in the form of man, they can neither see, hear, smell, feel, walk, nor speak!
Even the wiser heathen made them the objects of their jests.
Psa. 97:7• 7Ashamed be all that serve graven images,{HR}That boast themselves of idols!{HR}Worship him, all ye gods ! (Psa. 97:7)
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Psa. 135:15‑17• 15Idols of the nations [are] silver and gold,{HR}Works of man's hands.
 16A mouth have they, and they speak not;{HR}Eyes have they, and they see not;
 17Ears have they, and they hear not;{HR}Also there is no breath in their mouth. (Psa. 135:15‑17)
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Deut. 4:28• 28{i}And ye shall there serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.{/i} (Deut. 4:28)
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Isa. 40:19‑20• 19The workman casteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
 20He that [is] impoverished so that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree [that] doth not rot; he seeketh unto him a skilled workman to prepare a graven image [that] shall not be moved. (Isa. 40:19‑20)
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Isa. 42:17• 17They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, [Ye are] our gods. (Isa. 42:17)
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Isa. 46:1‑2,6‑7• 1Bel boweth down, Nebo bendeth: their idols are upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your loads are lifted up, a burden to the weary [beast].
 2They bend, they bow down together, they could not deliver the burden, and themselves are gone into captivity.
 6Such 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.
 7They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, [one] shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble. (Isa. 46:1‑2,6‑7)
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Jer. 10:3‑5• 3For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
 4They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
 5They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good. (Jer. 10:3‑5)
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Hos. 8:6• 6For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces. (Hos. 8:6)
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Hab. 2:18‑20• 18{i}What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it? the molten image, and the teacher of falsehood, that the maker of his work dependeth thereon, to make dumb idols?{/i}
 19Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
 20{i}But{/i} Jehovah is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him. (Hab. 2:18‑20)
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Acts 19:26,35• 26And ye behold and hear that this Paul hath persuaded and turned away a considerable crowd, not only of Ephesus, but of almost all Asia, saying that they are no gods that are made by hands.
 35And the town clerk after stilling the crowd, says, Ephesians, which of men is he who knoweth not that the city of [the] Ephesians is temple-keeper of the great Artemis, and of what fell from the sky? (Acts 19:26,35)
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1 Cor. 10:19‑20• 19What say I then? that an idol-sacrifice is anything, or that an idol is anything?
 20but that what they sacrifice, they sacrificed to demons, and not to God; and I wish you not to be in fellowship with demons. (1 Cor. 10:19‑20)
• {v.4-8} As to the idols that men have made, they can neither speak, nor see, nor hear, nor smell, nor act, nor walk. In a word they are helpless, as indeed are those who trust in them. (“Psalm 114” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands:

W. Kelly Translation

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Their idols [are] silver and gold,{HR}Work of hands of man.