诗篇 96:5

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

因為萬民的神都是虛空的偶像，但耶和華創造了諸天。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
外 邦 的 　 神 都 属 虚 无 ； 惟 独 耶 和 华 创 造 诸 天 。

Contextual Overview

¹ Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord , all the earth. ² Sing to the Lord and praise his name; every day tell how he saves us. ³ Tell the nations of his glory; tell all peoples the miracles he does, ⁴ because the Lord is great; he should be praised at all times. He should be honored more than all the gods, ⁵ because all the gods of the nations are only idols, but the Lord made the heavens. ⁶ The Lord has glory and majesty; he has power and beauty in his Temple. ⁷ Praise the Lord , all nations on earth; praise the Lord 's glory and power. ⁸ Praise the glory of the Lord 's name. Bring an offering and come into his Temple courtyards. ⁹ Worship the Lord because he is holy. Tremble before him, everyone on earth.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

For: Psalms 115:3-8, Psalms 135:15, Psalms 135:18, Isaiah 44:8-28, Isaiah 46:1, Isaiah 46:2, Jeremiah 10:3-5, Jeremiah 10:11, Jeremiah 10:12, Jeremiah 10:14, Jeremiah 10:15, Acts 19:26, 1 Corinthians 8:4

but: Psalms 115:15, Genesis 1:1, Isaiah 42:5, Jeremiah 10:11

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 25:15 - the gods Psalms 135:5 - I know

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For all the gods of the nations are idols,.... Or are "nothings" o, nonentities; such as have not, and never had, any being, at least many of them, but in the fancies of men; and all of them such as have no divinity in them;

an idol is nothing in the world, 1 Corinthians 8:4,

but the Lord made the heavens; and all the hosts of them, the sun, moon, and stars; these are the curious workmanship of his fingers, and which declare his glory, and show him to be truly and properly God, who is to be feared and worshipped; see Hebrews 1:10.

o אלילים "nihila", Tigurine version, Cocceius, Michaelis.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For all the gods of the nations are idols - All the gods worshipped by the people of other lands are mere “idols.” None of them can claim to have a real existence as gods. The word here rendered “idols” is translated by the Septuagint, δαιμόνια daimonia, “demons.” So the Latin Vulgate “daemonia.” The Hebrew word - אליל 'ĕlı̂yl - means properly “of nothing, nought, empty, vain.” See Job 13:4. The meaning here is, that they were mere nothings; they had no real existence; they were the creations of the imagination; they could not in any sense be regarded as what it was pretended they were; they had no claim to reverence and worship as gods. Of most of them it was a fact that they had no existence at all, but were mere creatures of fancy. Of those that did really exist, as the sun, moon, stars, animals, or the spirits of departed people, though it was true that they had an actual existence, yet it was also true that they had no existence “as gods,” or as entitled to worship; and hence, it was also true that the worship offered to them was as vain as that which was offered to mere beings of the imagination. This verse is extracted literally from 1 Chronicles 16:26. The Hebrew is the same.

But the Lord made the heavens - Yahweh created the heavenly hosts, and therefore he is the true God, and is entitled to worship. The power of “creation” - of causing anything to exist where there was nothing before - must pertain to God alone, and is the highest act of Divinity. No pretended pagan god has that power; no man has that power. The true God has reserved the exercise of that power to himself, and has never, in any instance, imparted it to a created being.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 96:5. All the gods of the nations are idols — אלהי elohey. All those reputed or worshipped as gods among the heathens are אלילים elilim, vanities, emptinesses, things of nought. Instead of being Elohim, they are elilim; they are not only not GOD, but they are nothing." "Jehovah made the heavens." He who is the creator is alone worthy of adoration.