King James Version
Psalms 115:5 in the King James Version says “They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 115 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:”
Psalms 115:5 · KJV
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:
They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“They have mouths”
H6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“but they speak”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
“not eyes”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“have they but they see”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
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