Psalm 115:5
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New International Version (©2011)
They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see.

New Living Translation (©2007)
They have mouths but cannot speak, and eyes but cannot see.

English Standard Version (©2001)
They have mouths, but do not speak; eyes, but do not see.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
They have mouths, but they cannot speak; They have eyes, but they cannot see;

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
They have mouths but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see.

International Standard Version (©2012)
They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see.

NET Bible (©2006)
They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
They have a mouth and they do not speak; they have eyes and they do not see.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
They have mouths, but they cannot speak. They have eyes, but they cannot see.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:

American King James Version
They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:

American Standard Version
They have mouths, but they speak not; Eyes have they, but they see not;

Douay-Rheims Bible
They have mouths and speak not: they have eyes and see not.

Darby Bible Translation
They have a mouth, and they speak not; eyes have they, and they see not;

English Revised Version
They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not;

Webster's Bible Translation
They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:

World English Bible
They have mouths, but they don't speak. They have eyes, but they don't see.

Young's Literal Translation
A mouth they have, and they speak not, Eyes they have, and they see not,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

115:1-8 Let no opinion of our own merits have any place in our prayers or in our praises. All the good we do, is done by the power of his grace; and all the good we have, is the gift of his mere mercy, and he must have all the praise. Are we in pursuit of any mercy, and wrestling with God for it, we must take encouragement in prayer from God only. Lord, do so for us; not that we may have the credit and comfort of it, but that they mercy and truth may have the glory of it. The heathen gods are senseless things. They are the works of men's hands: the painter, the carver, the statuary, can put no life into them, therefore no sense. The psalmist hence shows the folly of the worshippers of idols.

Pulpit Commentary

Verses 5-7. - They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: they have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: they have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk net: neither speak they through their throat. Possessing a semblance of every organ of human sense, they are wholly unable to perform any of the functions. That men should worship them, or believe in their power to help, is an utter absurdity.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

They have mouths, but they speak not,.... These idols are carved with mouths, but they make no use of them; if any cry to them for they cannot answer them, nor save them from their troubles. Baal's priests cried to their idol, but was no voice heard, nor answer returned; they are rightly called dumb idols, Habakkuk 2:18, 1 Kings 18:26, but our God in the heavens, when his people cry to him, he answers them, and sends them relief; and tells them his grace is sufficient for them, and so they find it to be.

Eyes have they, but they see not; they are made with eyes in their heads, but cannot see with them; they cannot see their worshippers, nor what they bring to them; neither their persons nor their wants, Daniel 5:23, but our God and Father in heaven, he sees in secret the persons and hearts of his people; their desires are before him, and their groanings are not hid from him; his eyes are on the righteous, and are never withdrawn from them.

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To Your Name Give Glory
…4Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. 5They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: 6They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: …

1 Corinthians 12:2 You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.
1 Kings 18:26 So they took the bull given them and prepared it. Then they called on the name of Baal from morning till noon. "Baal, answer us!" they shouted. But there was no response; no one answered. And they danced around the altar they had made.
Psalm 115:6 They have ears, but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell.
Isaiah 44:13 The carpenter measures with a line and makes an outline with a marker; he roughs it out with chisels and marks it with compasses. He shapes it in human form, human form in all its glory, that it may dwell in a shrine.
Jeremiah 10:5 Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field, their idols cannot speak; they must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them; they can do no harm nor can they do any good."