Psalms 115:4
Their idols [are] silver and gold, work of man's hands,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
In Context
3And our God [is] in the heavens, All that He hath pleased He hath done.
5A mouth they have, and they speak not, Eyes they have, and they see not,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:28and ye have served there gods, work of man's hands, wood and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
1 Kings 18:29and it cometh to pass, at the passing by of the noon, that they feign themselves prophets till the going up of the present, and there is no voice, and there is none answering, and there is none attending.
2 Chronicles 32:19and they speak against the God of Jerusalem as against the gods of the peoples of the land — work of the hands of man.
Psalms 135:15The idols of the nations [are] silver and gold, Work of the hands of man.
Isaiah 40:19The graven image poured out hath a artisan, And a refiner with gold spreadeth it over, And chains of silver he is refining.
Isaiah 44:9Framers of a graven image [are] all of them emptiness, And their desirable things do not profit, And their own witnesses they [are], They see not, nor know, that they may be ashamed.
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 →