Psalms 115:4 Cross References - YLT

⁴ Their idols are silver and gold, work of man's hands,

²⁸ and ye have served there gods, work of man's hands, wood and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

¹⁸ and have put their gods into fire, for they are no gods, but work of the hands of man, wood and stone, and destroy them.

⁷ Ashamed are all servants of a graven image, Those boasting themselves in idols, Bow yourselves to him, all ye gods.

¹⁵ The idols of the nations are silver and gold, Work of the hands of man. ¹⁶ A mouth they have, and they speak not, Eyes they have, and they see not, ¹⁷ Ears they have, and they give not ear, Nose—there is no breath in their mouth! ¹⁸ Like them are their makers, Every one who is trusting in them.

¹⁹ so as to put their gods into fire—for they are no gods, but work of the hands of man, wood and stone—and they destroy them.

¹⁹ The graven image poured out hath a artisan, And a refiner with gold spreadeth it over, And chains of silver he is refining. ²⁰ He who is poor by heave-offerings, A tree not rotten doth choose, A skilful artisan he seeketh for it, To establish a graven image—not moved.

¹⁷ Removed backward—utterly ashamed, Are those trusting in a graven image, Those saying to a molten image, `Ye are our gods.'

¹⁰ Who hath formed a god, And a molten image poured out—not profitable?

²⁰ Feeding on ashes, the heart is deceived, It hath turned him aside, And he delivereth not his soul, nor saith: `Is there not a lie in my right hand?'

¹ Bowed down hath Bel, stooping is Nebo, Their idols have been for the beast and for cattle, Your burdens are loaded, a burden to the weary. ² They have stooped, they have bowed together, They have not been able to deliver the burden, And themselves into captivity have gone.

⁶ —They are pouring out gold from a bag, And silver on the beam they weigh, They hire a refiner, and he maketh it a god, They fall down, yea, they bow themselves. ⁷ They lift him up on the shoulder, They carry him, and cause him to rest in his place, And he standeth, from his place he moveth not, Yea, one crieth unto him, and he answereth not, From his adversity he saveth him not.

³ For the statutes of the peoples are vanity, For a tree from a forest hath one cut, Work of the hands of an artificer, with an axe, ⁴ With silver and with gold they beautify it, With nails and with hammers they fix it, And it doth not stumble. ⁵ As a palm they are stiff, and they speak not, They are surely borne, for they step not, Be not afraid of them, for they do no evil, Yea, also to do good is not in them.

⁶ For even it is of Israel; an artificer made it, And it is not God, For the calf of Samaria is fragments!

¹⁸ What profit hath a graven image given That its former hath graven it? A molten image and teacher of falsehood, That trusted hath the former on his own formation—to make dumb idols? ¹⁹ Woe to him who is saying to wood, `Awake,' `Stir up,' to a dumb stone, It a teacher! lo, it is overlaid—gold and silver, And there is no spirit in its midst. ²⁰ And Jehovah is in His holy temple, Be silent before Him, all the earth!

²⁶ and ye see and hear, that not only at Ephesus, but almost in all Asia, this Paul, having persuaded, did turn away a great multitude, saying, that they are not gods who are made by hands;

³⁵ And the public clerk having quieted the multitude, saith, `Men, Ephesians, why, who is the man that doth not know that the city of the Ephesians is a devotee of the great goddess Artemis, and of that which fell down from Zeus?

¹⁹ what then do I say? that an idol is anything? or that a sacrifice offered to an idol is anything? — ²⁰ no, but that the things that the nations sacrifice—they sacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not wish you to come into the fellowship of the demons.