Parallel Verses
Amplified
The idols of the nations are silver and gold,
The work of men’s hands.
New American Standard Bible
The work of man’s hands.
King James Version
The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
Holman Bible
made by human hands.
International Standard Version
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, worked by the hands of human beings.
A Conservative Version
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
American Standard Version
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, The work of men's hands.
Bible in Basic English
The images of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
Darby Translation
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands:
Julia Smith Translation
The images of the nation are silver and gold, the work of man's hands.
King James 2000
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The idols of the nations [are] silver and gold, [the] work of the hands of humankind.
Modern King James verseion
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
As for the images of the heathen, they are but silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
NET Bible
The nations' idols are made of silver and gold, they are man-made.
New Heart English Bible
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
The Emphasized Bible
The idols of the nations, are silver and gold, the work of the hands of men:
Webster
The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
World English Bible
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
Youngs Literal Translation
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, Work of the hands of man.
Interlinear
References
Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 135:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Praise To God For His Power And Redemption
14
For the Lord will judge His people
And He will have compassion on His servants [revealing His mercy].
The idols of the nations are silver and gold,
The work of men’s hands.
They have mouths, but they do not speak;
They have eyes, but they do not see;
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 115:4-8
The idols [of the nations] are silver and gold,
The work of man’s hands.
Deuteronomy 4:28
And there you will serve [false and foreign] gods, the work of human hands, [lifeless images of] wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell [the offerings of food given to them].
Isaiah 37:19
and have cast the gods [of those peoples] into the fire, for they were not gods but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone. Therefore they have destroyed them.
Isaiah 40:19-20
As for the cast image (idol), a metalworker casts it,
A goldsmith overlays it with gold
And a silversmith casts its silver chains.
Isaiah 44:9-20
All who make carved idols are nothing. Their precious objects are worthless [to them], and their own witnesses (worshipers) fail to see or know, so that they will be put to shame.
Isaiah 46:6-7
“Those who lavish gold from the bag
And weigh out silver on the scales
Hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;
They bow down, indeed they worship it.
Jeremiah 10:3-11
For the customs and decrees of the peoples are [mere] delusion [exercises in futility];
It is only wood which one cuts from the forest [to make a god],
The work of the hands of the craftsman with the axe or cutting tool.
Habakkuk 2:18-19
“What profit is the carved image when its maker has formed it?
It is only a cast image, and a teacher of lies.
For its maker trusts in his own creation [as his god]
When he makes speechless idols.
Acts 17:29
So then, being God’s children, we should not think that the Divine Nature (deity) is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination or skill of man.