Psalms 135:16

English Revised Version

They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not;

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They have mouths but cannot speak,eyes, but cannot see.

Hebrew Names Version
They have mouths, but they can't speak; They have eyes, but they can't see;

King James Version
They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not;

English Standard Version
They have mouths, but do not speak; they have eyes, but do not see;

New Century Version
They have mouths, but they cannot speak. They have eyes, but they cannot see.

New English Translation
They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see,

Amplified Bible
They have mouths, but they do not speak; They have eyes, but they do not see;

New American Standard Bible
They have mouths, but they do not speak; They have eyes, but they do not see;

World English Bible
They have mouths, but they can't speak; They have eyes, but they can't see;

Geneva Bible (1587)
They haue a mouth, and speake not: they haue eyes and see not.

Legacy Standard Bible
They have mouths, but they do not speak;They have eyes, but they do not see;

Berean Standard Bible
They have mouths but cannot speak; they have eyes but cannot see;

Contemporary English Version
They have a mouth and eyes, but they can't speak or see.

Complete Jewish Bible
They have mouths, but they can't speak; they have eyes, but they can't see;

Darby Translation
They have a mouth, and they speak not; eyes have they, and they see not;

Easy-to-Read Version
They have mouths, but cannot speak. They have eyes, but cannot see.

George Lamsa Translation
They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not;

Good News Translation
They have mouths, but cannot speak, and eyes, but cannot see.

Lexham English Bible
They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;

Literal Translation
they have mouths, but they say nothing; they have eyes, but they see nothing;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
They haue mouthes, & speake not: eyes haue they, but they se not.

American Standard Version
They have mouths, but they speak not; Eyes have they, but they see not;

Bible in Basic English
They have mouths, but no voice, they have eyes, but they do not see;

JPS Old Testament (1917)
They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not;

King James Version (1611)
They haue mouthes, but they speake not: eyes haue they, but they see not:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
They haue a mouth and speake not: they haue eyes but they see not.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
They have a mouth, but they cannot speak; they have eyes, but they cannot see;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Tho han a mouth, and schulen not speke; tho han iyen, and schulen not se.

Update Bible Version
They have mouths, but they don't speak; They have eyes, but they don't see;

Webster's Bible Translation
They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not.

New King James Version
They have mouths, but they do not speak; Eyes they have, but they do not see;

New Living Translation
They have mouths but cannot speak, and eyes but cannot see.

New Life Bible
They have mouths but they do not speak. They have eyes but they do not see.

New Revised Standard
They have mouths, but they do not speak; they have eyes, but they do not see;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
A mouth, have they, but they speak not, Eyes, have they, but they see not;

Douay-Rheims Bible
(134-16) They have a mouth, but they speak not: they have eyes, but they see not.

Revised Standard Version
They have mouths, but they speak not, they have eyes, but they see not,

Young's Literal Translation
A mouth they have, and they speak not, Eyes they have, and they see not,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
They have mouths, but they do not speak; They have eyes, but they do not see;

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. ¹⁶ They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not; ¹⁷ They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths. ¹⁸ They that make them shall be like unto them; yea, every one that trusteth in them. ¹⁹ O house of Israel, bless ye the LORD: O house of Aaron, bless ye the LORD: ²⁰ O house of Levi, bless ye the LORD: ye that fear the LORD, bless ye the LORD. ²¹ Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, who dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

eyes have they: Isaiah 6:10, Matthew 13:14-16

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 4:28 - neither see Jeremiah 10:5 - speak Jeremiah 10:14 - and 1 Corinthians 12:2 - dumb Revelation 13:15 - speak

Gill's Notes on the Bible

They have mouths, but they speak not,.... Return no answer to the request and petition of their votaries; :-;

eyes have they, but they see not; the same is observed in the above place, which see.

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.