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Psalm 96

Psa. 96:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Forc all the gods
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
of the nations
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
are idols
'eliyl (Hebrew #457)
good for nothing, by anal. vain or vanity; specifically an idol
KJV usage: idol, no value, thing of nought.
Pronounce: el-eel'
Origin: apparently from 408
: butd the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
made
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
the heavens
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
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Jer. 10:11‑12• 11Thus shall ye say unto them: The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.
 12He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his understanding. (Jer. 10:11‑12)
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Isa. 42:5• 5Thus saith God Jehovah, he that created the heavens, and stretched them forth; he that spread abroad the earth and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein. (Isa. 42:5)

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Gods; Goddess,
Heaven,
Idolatry

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Psa. 115:3‑8• 3And our God [is] in the heavens:{HR}All that he pleased he did.
 4Their idols [are] silver and gold,{HR}Work of hands of man.
 5A mouth have they, and they speak not;{HR}Eyes have they, and they see not;
 6Ears they have, and they hear not;{HR}A nose have they, and they smell not;
 7They have hands, and they feel not;{HR}They have feet, and they walk not;{HR}They utter not with their throat.
 8Like them are those making them,{HR}Every one who confideth in them. (Psa. 115:3‑8)
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Psa. 135:15,18• 15Idols of the nations [are] silver and gold,{HR}Works of man's hands.
 18Like them are those that make them—{HR}Every one confiding in them. (Psa. 135:15,18)
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Isa. 44:8‑28• 8Fear not, neither be afraid: have not I caused thee to hear long ago, and showed [it]? And ye [are] my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? yea, there is no Rock; I know not [any].
 9They that make a graven image [are] all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they [are] their own witnesses: they see not, nor know, that they may be ashamed.
 10Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image [that] is profitable for nothing?
 11Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed; and the workmen [are] but men. Let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; they shall fear, they shall be ashamed together.
 12The smith [hath] tongs, and worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with his strong arm; but he is hungry and his strength faileth; he drinketh no water, and is faint.
 13The carpenter stretcheth out a line; he marketh it out with chalk; he fitteth it with adzes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of man, to remain in the house.
 14When he heweth him down cedars, he also taketh a holm-oak and a terebinth, and he maketh one strong for himself among the trees of the forest; he planteth a mountain-ash, and the rain nourisheth [it].
 15And it shall be for a man to burn; and he taketh thereof, and warmeth himself; he kindleth [it] also, and baketh bread; he maketh also a god, and worshippeth [it]; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.
 16He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh, he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth [himself], and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the light.
 17And with the residue thereof he maketh a god, his graven image; he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth [it], and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou [art] my god.
 18They have no knowledge and understand not: for he hath plastered their eyes, that they see not; [and] their hearts that they understand not.
 19And none taketh it to his heart, neither [is there] knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire, and also have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten [it]: and with the residue thereof shall I make an abomination? shall I bow down to a block of wood?
 20He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, [Is there] not a lie in my right hand?
 21Remember these things, O Jacob and Israel; for thou [art] my servant: I have formed thee; thou [art] my servant; O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.
 22I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me, for I have redeemed thee.
 23Sing, O ye heavens, for Jehovah hath done [it]; shout, ye lower parts of the earth; break forth into singing, ye mountains, the forest, and every tree therein. For Jehovah hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
 24Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I [am] Jehovah the maker of all [things]; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
 25that frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise [men] backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;
 26that confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited, and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof;
 27that saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers;
 28that saith of Cyrus [He is] my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built, and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid. (Isa. 44:8‑28)
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Isa. 46:1‑2• 1Bel boweth down, Nebo bendeth: their idols are upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your loads are lifted up, a burden to the weary [beast].
 2They bend, they bow down together, they could not deliver the burden, and themselves are gone into captivity. (Isa. 46:1‑2)
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Jer. 10:3‑5,11‑12,14‑15• 3For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
 4They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
 5They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
 11Thus shall ye say unto them: The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.
 12He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his understanding.
 14Every man is become brutish, bereft of knowledge; every founder is put to shame by the graven image, for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
 15They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. (Jer. 10:3‑5,11‑12,14‑15)
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Acts 19:26• 26And ye behold and hear that this Paul hath persuaded and turned away a considerable crowd, not only of Ephesus, but of almost all Asia, saying that they are no gods that are made by hands. (Acts 19:26)
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1 Cor. 8:4• 4Concerning the eating, then, of the things sacrificed to idols, we know that [there is] no idol in [the] world, and that [there is] no God save one. (1 Cor. 8:4)
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Psa. 115:15• 15Blessed [are] ye of Jehovah,{HR}Maker of the heavens and the earth. (Psa. 115:15)
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Gen. 1:1• 1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. (Gen. 1:1)
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Isa. 42:5• 5Thus saith God Jehovah, he that created the heavens, and stretched them forth; he that spread abroad the earth and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein. (Isa. 42:5)
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Jer. 10:11• 11Thus shall ye say unto them: The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens. (Jer. 10:11)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For all the gods of the peoples are idolsi; but Jehovah made the heavens.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "nonentities"; and so Ps. 97.7.

W. Kelly Translation

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For all the gods of the peoples [are] idolsa ,{HR}But Jehovah made the heavens.

WK Translation Notes

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Nothings.