Psalms 115:7
They have hands, but they handle not; feet have they, but they walk not; neither speak they with their throat.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
6They have ears, but they hear not; noses have they, but they smell not;
8They that make them shall be like unto them; yea, every one that trusteth in them.
Cross References
1 Samuel 5:3And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.
Psalms 149:6Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand;
Matthew Henry on Psalms 115:2-9
The Absurdity of Idolatry. 1 Not unto us, O Lord , not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake. 2 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God? 3 But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased. 4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. 5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: 6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: 7 They have hands, but they handle not:… Read the whole commentary →