Psalm 115:6
 Psalm 115:6 
New International Version (©2011)
They have ears, but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell.

New Living Translation (©2007)
They have ears but cannot hear, and noses but cannot smell.

English Standard Version (©2001)
They have ears, but do not hear; noses, but do not smell.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
They have ears, but they cannot hear; They have noses, but they cannot smell;

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
They have ears but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell.

International Standard Version (©2012)
They have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell.

NET Bible (©2006)
ears, but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
They have ears and they do not hear; they have noses and they do not smell.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
They have ears, but they cannot hear. They have noses, but they cannot smell.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:

American King James Version
They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:

American Standard Version
They have ears, but they hear not; Noses have they, but they smell not;

Douay-Rheims Bible
They have ears and hear not: they have noses and smell not.

Darby Bible Translation
They have ears, and they hear not; a nose have they, and they smell not;

English Revised Version
They have ears, but they hear not; noses have they, but they smell not;

Webster's Bible Translation
They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:

World English Bible
They have ears, but they don't hear. They have noses, but they don't smell.

Young's Literal Translation
Ears they have, and they hear not, A nose they have, and they smell 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.


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

They have ears, but they hear not,.... The makers of them have taken care to place a pair of ears to their heads, but could not convey the faculty of hearing to them; so that though their priests may cry from morning to noon, as Baal's worshippers did, saying, O Baal, hear us; and even tonight, and one day and night after another, nothing is heard, 1 Kings 18:26. Indeed the image of Jupiter at Crete was made without ears; because it was thought unbecoming that he, who was prince and lord of all, should give ear to any (y): but the God of heaven and earth is a God hearing prayer; his ear is not heavy, that it cannot hear; his ears are always open to the cries of his people.

Noses have they, but they smell not; the incense that is set before them, nor the sacrifices offered to them, Deuteronomy 4:28, but our God smelled a sweet savour in legal sacrifices, offered up in the faith of the Messiah; and especially he smells a sweet savour in the sacrifice of his Son, and in the prayers of his saints, which are sweet odours; and particularly as they come to him perfumed with the incense of Christ's mediation, Genesis 8:21.

(y) Plutarch. de Isid. & Osir. prope finem.


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To Your Name Give Glory
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: 7They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat. …

Psalm 115:5 They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see.
Psalm 115:7 They have hands, but cannot feel, feet, but cannot walk, nor can they utter a sound with their throats.