Psalms 115:6

World English Bible

They have ears, but they don't hear; They have noses, but they don't smell;

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
They have ears but cannot hear, and noses but cannot smell.

English Revised Version
They have ears, but they hear not; noses have they, but they smell not;

Update Bible Version
They have ears, but they don't hear; They have noses, but they don't smell;

New Century Version
They have ears, but they cannot hear. They have noses, but they cannot smell.

New English Translation
ears, but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell,

Webster's Bible Translation
They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:

Amplified Bible
They have ears, but they cannot hear; They have noses, but they cannot smell;

English Standard Version
They have ears, but do not hear; noses, but do not smell.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Tho han eeris, and schulen not here; tho han nose thurls, and schulen not smelle.

Berean Standard Bible
they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell;

Contemporary English Version
Their ears can't hear, and their noses can't smell.

American Standard Version
They have ears, but they hear not; Noses have they, but they smell not;

Bible in Basic English
They have ears, but no hearing; they have noses, but no sense of smell;

Complete Jewish Bible
they have ears, but they can't hear; they have noses, but they can't smell;

Darby Translation
They have ears, and they hear not; a nose have they, and they smell not;

Easy-to-Read Version
They have ears, but cannot hear. They have noses, but cannot smell.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
They have ears, but they hear not; noses have they, but they smell not;

King James Version (1611)
They haue eares, but they heare not: noses haue they, but they smell not.

New Life Bible
They have ears but they cannot hear. They have noses but they cannot smell.

New Revised Standard
They have ears, but do not hear; noses, but do not smell.

Geneva Bible (1587)
They haue eares and heare not: they haue noses and smell not.

George Lamsa Translation
They have ears, but they hear not; noses have they, but they smell not;

Good News Translation
They have ears, but cannot hear, and noses, but cannot smell.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Ears, have they, but they hear not, A nose, have they, but they smell not:

Douay-Rheims Bible
(113-14) They have ears and hear not: they have noses and smell not.

Revised Standard Version
They have ears, but do not hear; noses, but do not smell.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
They haue eares and heare not: they haue noses and smell not.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
they have ears, but they cannot hear; they have noses, but they cannot smell;

Christian Standard Bible®
They have ears but cannot hear,noses, but cannot smell.

Hebrew Names Version
They have ears, but they don't hear; They have noses, but they don't smell;

King James Version
They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:

Lexham English Bible
they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell;

Literal Translation
they have ears, but they do not hear; they have a nose, but they do not smell;

Young's Literal Translation
Ears they have, and they hear not, A nose they have, and they smell not,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
They haue eares, and heare not: noses haue they, but they smell not.

New American Standard Bible
They have ears, but they cannot hear; They have noses, but they cannot smell;

New King James Version
They have ears, but they do not hear; Noses they have, but they do not smell;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
They have ears, but they cannot hear; They have noses, but they cannot smell;

Legacy Standard Bible
They have ears, but they do not hear;They have noses, but they do not smell;

Contextual Overview

¹ Not to us, Yahweh, not to us, But to your name give glory, For your lovingkindness, and for your truth's sake. ² Why should the nations say, "Where is their God, now?" ³ But our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases. ⁴ Their idols are silver and gold, The work of men's hands. ⁵ They have mouths, but they don't speak; They have eyes, but they don't see; ⁶ They have ears, but they don't hear; They have noses, but they don't smell; ⁷ They have hands, but they don't feel; They have feet, but they don't walk; Neither do they speak through their throat. ⁸ Those who make them will be like them; Yes, everyone who trusts in them.

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Gill's Notes on the Bible

They have ears, but they hear not,.... The makers of them have taken care to place a pair of ears to their heads, but could not convey the faculty of hearing to them; so that though their priests may cry from morning to noon, as Baal's worshippers did, saying, O Baal, hear us; and even tonight, and one day and night after another, nothing is heard, 1 Kings 18:26. Indeed the image of Jupiter at Crete was made without ears; because it was thought unbecoming that he, who was prince and lord of all, should give ear to any y: but the God of heaven and earth is a God hearing prayer; his ear is not heavy, that it cannot hear; his ears are always open to the cries of his people.

Noses have they, but they smell not; the incense that is set before them, nor the sacrifices offered to them, Deuteronomy 4:28, but our God smelled a sweet savour in legal sacrifices, offered up in the faith of the Messiah; and especially he smells a sweet savour in the sacrifice of his Son, and in the prayers of his saints, which are sweet odours; and particularly as they come to him perfumed with the incense of Christ's mediation, Genesis 8:21.

y Plutarch. de Isid. & Osir. prope finem.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They have mouths ... - They are shaped like people, but have none of the attributes of intelligent beings.