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Psalms Chapter 96 verse 5 Holy Bible

ASV Psalms 96:5

For all the gods of the peoples are idols; But Jehovah made the heavens.
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BBE Psalms 96:5

For all the gods of the nations are false gods; but the Lord made the heavens.
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DARBY Psalms 96:5

For all the gods of the peoples are idols; but Jehovah made the heavens.
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KJV Psalms 96:5

For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.
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WBT Psalms 96:5


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WEB Psalms 96:5

For all the gods of the peoples are idols, But Yahweh made the heavens.
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YLT Psalms 96:5

For all the gods of the peoples `are' nought, And Jehovah made the heavens.
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Psalms 96 : 5 Bible Verse Songs

Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 5. - For all the gods of the nations are idols; rather, vanities, or nothings. In the original there is a play upon the words - the elohim of the nations are mere elilim. Elilim is a favourite designation of the heathen gods in Isaiah. Compare the statement of St. Paul, "We know that an idol is nothing in the world" (1 Corinthians 8:4). But the Lord made the heavens. That which is nothing can do nothing, can make nothing. How far superior is Jehovah, who "made the heavens" (comp. Genesis 1:1; Isaiah 42:5; Isaiah 44:24)!

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) Idols.--Literally, nothings; Heb., elilim, with a play on the word el, God. This plainly shows that by Gods, in Psalm 96:4, the heathen deities, and not angels, are meant. (See Note, Psalm 95:3.) The LXX. sometimes renders the Hebrew word "idols," sometimes "vanities," but here "demons." Symmachus "nonexistences."But the Lord made the heavens.--Nothings could not do that, but only Jehovah.