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Psalm 135:15–17

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135:15The nations’ idols are made of silver and gold,

they are man-made.12

135:16They have mouths, but cannot speak,

eyes, but cannot see,

135:17and ears, but cannot hear.

Indeed, they cannot breathe.13

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Footnotes

  1. 12 Heb “the work of the hands of man.”
  2. 13 Heb “indeed, there is not breath in their mouth.” For the collocation אַף אֵין (’af ’en, “indeed, there is not”) see Isa 41:26. Another option is to take אַף as “nose” (see Ps 115:6), in which case one might translate, “a nose, [but] they have no breath in their mouths.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The idols of the nations are silver and gold,

the work of human hands.

They have mouths, but do not speak;

they have eyes, but do not see;

they have ears, but do not hear,

nor is there any breath in their mouths.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The idols of the nations are silver and gold,

made by human hands.

They have mouths, but cannot speak,

eyes, but cannot see.

They have ears, but cannot hear,

nor is there breath in their mouths.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The idols of the nations are of silver and gold,

made by human hands.

They have mouths but cannot speak,

eyes, but cannot see.

They have ears but cannot hear;

indeed, there is no breath in their mouths.

NLTNew Living Translation

The idols of the nations are merely things of silver and gold,

shaped by human hands.

They have mouths but cannot speak,

and eyes but cannot see.

They have ears but cannot hear,

and mouths but cannot breathe.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The idols of the nations are silver and gold,

the work of the hands of humankind.

They have mouths, but cannot speak;

they have eyes, but cannot see;

they have ears, but cannot hear;

there is not even breath in their mouths.

KJV 1900King James Version

The idols of the heathen are silver and gold,

The work of men’s hands.

They have mouths, but they speak not;

Eyes have they, but they see not;

They have ears, but they hear not;

Neither is there any breath in their mouths.