Psalms 96:5

In 11 translations

BSB

For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens.

KJV

For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.

WEB

For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but Yahweh made the heavens.

ASV

For all the gods of the peoples are idols; But Jehovah made the heavens.

LSV

For all the gods of the peoples [are] nothing, || And YHWH made the heavens.

YLT

For all the gods of the peoples [are] nought, And Jehovah made the heavens.

DBY

For all the gods of the peoples are idols; but Jehovah made the heavens.Elohim

DRC95:5

For all the gods of the Gentiles are devils: but the Lord made the heavens.

GNV

For all the gods of the people are idoles: but the Lord made the heauens.

JPS

For all the gods of the peoples are things of nought; but the LORD made the heavens.

LXXE95:5

For all the gods of the heathen are devils: but the Lord made the heavens.

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WLC

כִּ֤י ׀ כָּל־אֱלֹהֵ֣י הָעַמִּ֣ים אֱלִילִ֑ים וַֽ֝יהוָ֗ה שָׁמַ֥יִם עָשָֽׂה׃

LXX-Br95:5

Ὅτι πάντες οἱ θεοὶ τῶν ἐθνῶν δαιμόνια, ὁ δὲ Κύριος τοὺς οὐρανοὺς ἐποίησεν.

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• Psalms 115:15May you be blessed by the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
• Isaiah 42:5This is what God the LORD says— He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:
• 1 Corinthians 8:4So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.
• Jeremiah 10:14–15Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them. They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of…
• Psalms 135:18Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.
• Jeremiah 10:11–12Thus you are to tell them: “These gods, who have made neither the heavens nor the earth, will perish from this earth and from under these heavens.” The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His…
• Jeremiah 10:3–5For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman. They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so…
• Isaiah 46:1–2Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal. The gods cower; they crouch together, unable to relieve the burden; but they…
• Psalms 135:15The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
• Genesis 1:1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
• Acts 19:26And you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, Paul has persuaded a great number of people to turn away. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.
• Isaiah 44:8–28Do not tremble or fear. Have I not told you and declared it long ago? You are My witnesses! Is there any God but Me? There is no other Rock; I know not one.” All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they…
• Psalms 115:3–8Our God is in heaven; He does as He pleases. Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; they have ears, but cannot hear; they have…

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