Psalms 115:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

They have mouths, but they speak not; Eyes have they, but they see not;

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About this Translation

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

Word-for-word

5/5

Readability

2/5

💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

👥 Who is this for?

Ideal for

Pastors and teachers
Seminary students
Serious Bible students
Readers conducting word studies
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Referenced Verses

Jer 10:5 : 5 They are like a palm-tree, of turned work, and speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 135:15-18
4 verses
96%
15The idols of the nations are silver and gold, The work of men's hands.
16They have mouths, but they speak not; Eyes have they, but they see not;
17They have ears, but they hear not; Neither is there any breath in their mouths.
18They that make them shall be like unto them; Yea, every one that trusteth in them.
Ps 115:6-8
3 verses
90%
6They have ears, but they hear not; Noses have they, but they smell not;
7They have hands, but they handle not; Feet have they, but they walk not; Neither speak they through their throat.
8They that make them shall be like unto them; Yea, every one that trusteth in them.
Ps 115:4
79%
4Their idols are silver and gold, The work of men's hands.
Isa 44:18
79%
18They know not, neither do they consider: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
Jer 5:21
74%
21Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; that have eyes, and see not; that have ears, and hear not:
Jer 10:5
74%
5They are like a palm-tree, of turned work, and speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good.
Isa 44:9-10
2 verses
72%
9They that fashion a graven image are all of them vanity; and the things that they delight in shall not profit; and their own witnesses see not, nor know: that they may be put to shame.
10Who hath fashioned a god, or molten an image that is profitable for nothing?
Isa 42:18
72%
18Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
Deut 29:4
71%
4but Jehovah hath not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
Ps 59:7
70%
7Behold, they belch out with their mouth; Swords are in their lips: For who, [say they], doth hear?
Isa 42:20
70%
20Thou seest many things, but thou observest not; his ears are open, but he heareth not.
Matt 13:13-14
2 verses
70%
13Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
14And unto them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive:
Rom 11:8
70%
8according as it is written, God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, unto this very day.
Mark 8:18
70%
18Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?
Jer 10:15
70%
15They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
Ps 73:7
70%
7Their eyes stand out with fatness: They have more than heart could wish.
Ps 115:17
70%
17The dead praise not Jehovah, Neither any that go down into silence;
Isa 56:10
69%
10His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
Ps 82:5
69%
5They know not, neither do they understand; They walk to and fro in darkness: All the foundations of the earth are shaken.
Isa 32:3
69%
3And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.
Ps 94:7
69%
7And they say, Jehovah will not see, Neither will the God of Jacob consider.
Isa 35:5
69%
5Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
Job 10:4
69%
4Hast thou eyes of flesh? Or seest thou as man seeth?
Jer 51:17-18
2 verses
69%
17Every man is become brutish [and is] without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
18They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
Job 32:15
69%
15They are amazed, they answer no more: They have not a word to say.
Isa 2:8
69%
8Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.
Hab 2:19
69%
19Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise! Shall this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
Ps 19:3
68%
3There is no speech nor language; Their voice is not heard.
Ps 5:9
68%
9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is very wickedness; Their throat is an open sepulchre; They flatter with their tongue.
Mic 7:16
68%
16The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; they shall lay their hand upon their mouth; their ears shall be deaf.
Matt 13:16
68%
16But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
Mic 3:4
68%
4Then shall they cry unto Jehovah, but he will not answer them; yea, he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings.
Deut 4:28
68%
28And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
Deut 32:28
68%
28For they are a nation void of counsel, And there is no understanding in them.
Ps 38:13
68%
13But I, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
Rom 3:17-18
2 verses
68%
17And the way of peace have they not known:
18There is no fear of God before their eyes.
Ps 17:11
68%
11They have now compassed us in our steps; They set their eyes to cast [us] down to the earth.
Jer 10:8
68%
8But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.