Parallel Verses
NET Bible
For all the gods of the nations are worthless, but the Lord made the sky.
New American Standard Bible
But
King James Version
For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.
Holman Bible
but the Lord made the heavens.
International Standard Version
For all the gods of the nations are worthless idols, but the LORD made the heavens.
A Conservative Version
For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but LORD made the heavens.
American Standard Version
For all the gods of the peoples are idols; But Jehovah made the heavens.
Amplified
For all the gods of the peoples are [worthless, lifeless] idols,
But the Lord made the heavens.
Bible in Basic English
For all the gods of the nations are false gods; but the Lord made the heavens.
Darby Translation
For all the gods of the peoples are idols; but Jehovah made the heavens.
Julia Smith Translation
For all the gods of the peoples are nothings: and Jehovah made the heavens:
King James 2000
For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For all the gods of the peoples [are] idols, but Yahweh made [the] heavens.
Modern King James verseion
For all the gods of the nations are idols; but Jehovah made the heavens.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
As for all the gods of the Heathen, they are but Idols, but it is the LORD that made the heavens. {TYNDALE: For all the gods of the heathen are Idols; But the LORD made the heavens.}
New Heart English Bible
For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but the LORD made the heavens.
The Emphasized Bible
For, all the gods of the peoples, are things of nought - But, Yahweh, made, the heavens.
Webster
For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.
World English Bible
For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but Yahweh made the heavens.
Youngs Literal Translation
For all the gods of the peoples are nought, And Jehovah made the heavens.
Interlinear
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References
Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 96:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh The King Comes In Judgment
4 For the Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise; he is more awesome than all gods. 5 For all the gods of the nations are worthless, but the Lord made the sky. 6 Majestic splendor emanates from him; his sanctuary is firmly established and beautiful.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 115:15
May you be blessed by the Lord, the creator of heaven and earth!
Isaiah 42:5
This is what the true God, the Lord, says -- the one who created the sky and stretched it out, the one who fashioned the earth and everything that lives on it, the one who gives breath to the people on it, and life to those who live on it:
Jeremiah 10:11-12
You people of Israel should tell those nations this: 'These gods did not make heaven and earth. They will disappear from the earth and from under the heavens.'
Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Psalm 115:3-8
Our God is in heaven! He does whatever he pleases!
Psalm 135:15
The nations' idols are made of silver and gold, they are man-made.
Psalm 135:18
Those who make them will end up like them, as will everyone who trusts in them.
Isaiah 44:8-28
Don't panic! Don't be afraid! Did I not tell you beforehand and decree it? You are my witnesses! Is there any God but me? There is no other sheltering rock; I know of none.
Isaiah 46:1-2
Bel kneels down, Nebo bends low. Their images weigh down animals and beasts. Your heavy images are burdensome to tired animals.
Jeremiah 10:3-5
For the religion of these people is worthless. They cut down a tree in the forest, and a craftsman makes it into an idol with his tools.
Jeremiah 10:14-15
All these idolaters will prove to be stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith will be disgraced by the idol he made. For the image he forges is merely a sham. There is no breath in any of those idols.
Acts 19:26
And you see and hear that this Paul has persuaded and turned away a large crowd, not only in Ephesus but in practically all of the province of Asia, by saying that gods made by hands are not gods at all.
1 Corinthians 8:4
With regard then to eating food sacrificed to idols, we know that "an idol in this world is nothing," and that "there is no God but one."