King James Version
Psalms 115:4 in the King James Version says “Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 115 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.”
Psalms 115:4 · KJV
Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God?
But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
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:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“and gold”
H2091gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e., yellow), as oil, a clear sky
“the work”
H4639an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
“hands”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
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