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Psalms 135:17

They have ears, but they do not hear, Nor is there any breath in their mouths.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Idol;   Idolatry;   The Topic Concordance - Trust;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Poetry of the Hebrews;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Hear, Hearing;   Religion;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Poetry;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Life;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hallel;   Hallelujah;   Psalms;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Hallel ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jeremy, the Epistle of;   Mouth;   Wisdom of Solomon, the;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Jeremiah, Epistle of;   Judaism;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They have ears but cannot hear;indeed, there is no breath in their mouths.
Hebrew Names Version
They have ears, but they can't hear; Neither is there any breath in their mouths.
King James Version
They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths.
English Standard Version
they have ears, but do not hear, nor is there any breath in their mouths.
New Century Version
They have ears, but they cannot hear. They have no breath in their mouths.
New English Translation
and ears, but cannot hear. Indeed, they cannot breathe.
New American Standard Bible
They have ears, but they do not hear, Nor is there any breath at all in their mouths.
World English Bible
They have ears, but they can't hear; Neither is there any breath in their mouths.
Geneva Bible (1587)
They haue eares and heare not, neither is there any breath in their mouth.
Legacy Standard Bible
They have ears, but they do not hear,Surely, there is not any breath in their mouths.
Berean Standard Bible
they have ears but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths.
Contemporary English Version
They are completely deaf, and they can't breathe.
Complete Jewish Bible
they have ears, but they can't listen; and they have no breath in their mouths;
Darby Translation
They have ears, and they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouth.
Easy-to-Read Version
They have ears, but cannot hear. They have mouths, but no breath.
George Lamsa Translation
They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths.
Good News Translation
They have ears, but cannot hear; they are not even able to breathe.
Lexham English Bible
they have ears, but cannot hear; there is not even breath in their mouths.
Literal Translation
they have ears, but they hear nothing; yea, there is no breath in their mouths.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
They haue eares, and yet they heare not, nether is there eny breth i their mouthes.
American Standard Version
They have ears, but they hear not; Neither is there any breath in their mouths.
Bible in Basic English
They have ears, but no hearing; and there is no breath in their mouths.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths.
King James Version (1611)
They haue eares, but they heare not: neither is there any breath in their mouthes.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
They haue eares and they heare not: yea there is no breath in their mouth.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
they have ears, but they cannot hear; for there is no breath in their mouth.
English Revised Version
They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Tho han eeris, and schulen not here; for `nether spirit is in the mouth of tho.
Update Bible Version
They have ears, but they don't hear; Neither is there any breath in their mouths.
Webster's Bible Translation
They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there [any] breath in their mouths.
New King James Version
They have ears, but they do not hear; Nor is there any breath in their mouths.
New Living Translation
They have ears but cannot hear, and mouths but cannot breathe.
New Life Bible
They have ears but they do not hear. And there is no breath in their mouths.
New Revised Standard
they have ears, but they do not hear, and there is no breath in their mouths.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Ears, have they, but they hear not, Nose, - there is no breath in their mouth.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(134-17) They have ears, but they hear not: neither is there any breath in their mouths.
Revised Standard Version
they have ears, but they hear not, nor is there any breath in their mouths.
Young's Literal Translation
Ears they have, and they give not ear, Nose -- there is no breath in their mouth!
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They have ears, but they do not hear, Nor is there any breath at all in their mouths.

Contextual Overview

15The idols of the nations are silver and gold, The work of men's hands. 16They have mouths, but they do not speak; They have eyes, but they do not see; 17They have ears, but they do not hear, Nor is there any breath in their mouths.18Those who make idols are like them [absolutely worthless—spiritually blind, deaf, and powerless]; So is everyone who trusts in and relies on them. 19O house of Israel, bless and praise the LORD [with gratitude]; O house of Aaron, bless the LORD; 20O house of Levi, bless the LORD; You who fear the LORD [and worship Him with obedience], bless the LORD [with grateful praise]! 21Blessed be the LORD from Zion, Who dwells [with us] at Jerusalem. Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!)

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 10:13 - bringeth Jeremiah 51:17 - brutish by his knowledge Hosea 13:2 - according Habakkuk 2:19 - and there Revelation 13:15 - life

Gill's Notes on the Bible

They have ears, but they hear not,....

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neither is there [any] breath in their mouths; they are lifeless statues, they have not so much as what the brute creatures have, breath; our Jehovah, as the living God, is rightly opposed to them, who gives life, and breath, and all things, unto man; and yet what amazing stupidity is it, that any of them should worship such as gods, who have not what they themselves have.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The idols of the heathen are silver and gold ... - To show more fully the propriety of praising God, and him alone as God, the psalmist instituted a comparison between him and idols, showing that the gods worshipped by the pagan lacked every ground of claim to divine worship and homage. They were, after all that could be done to fashion, to decorate, and to adorn them, nothing but silver and gold, and could have no better claim to worship than silver and gold as such. They had, indeed, mouths, eyes, ears, but they could neither speak, see, hear, nor breathe. The passage here is substantially the same as in Psalms 115:4-8; and the one was evidently copied from the other, though in the latter the description is in some respects amplified; but which was the original it is impossible to determine. See the notes at that passage.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 135:17. To this verse one of Kennicott's MSS. adds the 6th and 7th verses of Psalm cxv. Psalms 115:6-7


 
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