King James Version
Psalms 115:8 in the King James Version says “They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 115 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.”
Psalms 115:8 · KJV
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.
They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.
O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“them are like unto them so is every one that trusteth”
H982properly, to hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as h2620); figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure
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