Psalm 135:17
 Psalm 135:17 
New International Version (©2011)
They have ears, but cannot hear, nor is there breath in their mouths.

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, nor is there any breath in their mouths.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
They have ears, but they do not hear, Nor is there any breath at all in their mouths.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
They have ears but cannot hear; indeed, there is no breath in their mouths.

International Standard Version (©2012)
ears are attributed to them, but they do not hear, and there is no breath in their mouths.

NET Bible (©2006)
and ears, but cannot hear. Indeed, they cannot breathe.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
They have ears and they do not hear, neither is there breath in their mouths.

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

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths.

American King James Version
They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths.

American Standard Version
They have ears, but they hear not; Neither is there any breath in their mouths.

Douay-Rheims Bible
They have ears, but they hear not: neither is there any breath in their mouths.

Darby Bible Translation
They have ears, and they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouth.

English Revised Version
They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths.

Webster's Bible Translation
They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths.

World English Bible
They have ears, but they can't hear; neither is there any breath in their mouths.

Young's Literal Translation
Ears they have, and they give not ear, Nose -- there is no breath in their mouth!

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

135:15-21 These verses arm believers against idolatry and all false worship, by showing what sort of gods the heathen worshipped. And the more deplorable the condition of the Gentile nations that worship idols, the more are we to be thankful that we know better. Let us pity, and pray for, and seek to benefit benighted heathens and deluded sinners. Let us endeavour to glorify his name, and recommend his truth, not only with our lips, but by holy lives, copying the example of Christ's goodness and truth.


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

They have ears, but they hear not,.... See Gill on Psalm 115:6;

neither is there any breath in their mouths; they are lifeless statues, they have not so much as what the brute creatures have, breath; our Jehovah, as the living God, is rightly opposed to them, who gives life, and breath, and all things, unto man; and yet what amazing stupidity is it, that any of them should worship such as gods, who have not what they themselves have.


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Your Name Endures Forever
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 are like to them: so is every one that trusts in them. …

Psalm 135:16 They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see.
Psalm 135:18 Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them.
Isaiah 26:14 They are now dead, they live no more; their spirits do not rise. You punished them and brought them to ruin; you wiped out all memory of them.
Habakkuk 2:19 Woe to him who says to wood, 'Come to life!' Or to lifeless stone, 'Wake up!' Can it give guidance? It is covered with gold and silver; there is no breath in it."