Psalms 135:18

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that trusteth in them.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כְּ֭מוֹהֶם יִהְי֣וּ עֹשֵׂיהֶ֑ם כֹּ֭ל אֲשֶׁר־בֹּטֵ֣חַ בָּהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

kᵉmōhem yihyû ʿōśēyhem kōl ʾăšer-bōṭēaḥ bāhem

Grammar Details

*kᵉmōhem*: preposition + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - like them
*yihyû*: imperfect verb, 3rd person masculine plural - they will be
*ʿōśēyhem*: Qal participle, masculine plural + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their makers
*kōl*: noun, masculine singular construct - all/everyone
*ʾăšer*: relative particle - who/that
*bōṭēaḥ*: Qal participle, masculine singular - trusts
*bāhem*: preposition + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - in them

Word Meanings

*kᵉmōhem*: like them/similar to them
*yihyû*: they will be/they will become
*ʿōśēyhem*: their makers/their creators/those who make them
*bōṭēaḥ*: trusts/relies on/has confidence in

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 97:7 : 7 Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.
Ps 115:8 : 8 They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.
Isa 44:18-20 : 18 They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. 19 And none considereth in his heart, 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, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
Jer 10:8 : 8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
2 Cor 4:4 : 4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

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