Psalms 115:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

They that make them shall be like unto them; Yea, every one that trusteth in them.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כְּ֭מוֹהֶם יִהְי֣וּ עֹשֵׂיהֶ֑ם כֹּ֖ל אֲשֶׁר־בֹּטֵ֣חַ בָּהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

Like-them yihyû ʿōśêhem, all ʾăšer-bōṭēaḥ in-them.

Grammar Details

כְּמוֹהֶם: preposition + 3rd person masculine plural suffix, 'like them'
*yihyû*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural, 'they will be'
*ʿōśêhem*: participle with 3rd person masculine plural suffix, 'makers-their'
כֹּל: noun, masculine singular construct, 'all/everyone'
*ʾăšer*: relative particle, 'who/that'
*bōṭēaḥ*: verb, qal participle, masculine singular, 'trusting'
בָּהֶם: preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix, 'in them'

Word Meanings

*yihyû*: will be/become
*ʿōśêhem*: their makers/their creators
*ʾăšer*: who/that/which
*bōṭēaḥ*: trusts/relies on/has confidence in

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Ps 135:18 : 18 They that make them shall be like unto them; Yea, every one that trusteth in them.
Isa 44:9-9 : 9 They 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. 10 Who hath fashioned a god, or molten an image that is profitable for nothing? 11 Behold, all his fellows shall be put to shame; and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; they shall fear, they shall be put to shame together. 12 The smith [maketh] an axe, and worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with his strong arm: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth; he drinketh no water, and is faint. 13 The carpenter stretcheth out a line; he marketh it out with a pencil; he shapeth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compasses, and shapeth it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man, to dwell in a house. 14 He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the holm-tree and the oak, and strengtheneth for himself one among the trees of the forest: he planteth a fir-tree, and the rain doth nourish it. 15 Then shall it be for a man to burn; and he taketh thereof, and warmeth himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread: yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto. 16 He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied; yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire. 17 And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image; he falleth down unto it and worshippeth, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god. 18 They know not, neither do they consider: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. 19 And none calleth to mind, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree? 20 He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside; and he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
Jer 10:8 : 8 But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.
Jonah 2:8 : 8 They that regard lying vanities Forsake their own mercy.
Hab 2:18-19 : 18 What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he that fashioneth its form trusteth therein, to make dumb idols? 19 Woe 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.

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