Psalms 115:5
They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:
KJV
Vota mea Domino reddam coram omni populo ejus.
Vulgate
They have mouths, but they speak not; Eyes have they, but they see not;
ASV
פֶּֽה לָ֭/הֶם וְ/לֹ֣א יְדַבֵּ֑רוּ עֵינַ֥יִם לָ֝/הֶ֗ם וְ/לֹ֣א יִרְאֽוּ
Hebrew
A mouth they have, and they speak not, Eyes they have, and they see not,
YLT
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In the original Hebrew
5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
י
y
noun · 496×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2112The first commandment condemns polytheism. It requires man neither to believe in, nor to venerate, other divinities than the one true God. Scripture constantly recalls this rejection of "idols, (of) silver and gold, the work of men's hands. They have mouths, but do not speak; eyes, but do not see." These empty idols make their worshippers empty: "Those who make them are like th…
Chapter 24.—How Hermes Openly Confessed the Error of His Forefathers, the Coming Destruction of Which He Nevertheless Bewailed. After a long interval, Hermes again comes back to the subject of the gods which men have made, saying as follows: “But enough on this subject. Let us return to man and to reason, that divine gift on account of which man has been called a rational anima…
Since God as Spirit is in essence invisible and immense, he cannot really be expressed by any art or image. For this reason we are not afraid to say with Scripture that images of God are mere lies. Therefore we reject not only the idols of the Gentiles, but also the images of Christians. Although Christ assumed human nature, yet he did not on that account assume it in order to …
Cross-references
- 1Cor 12:2 — Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
- Isa 44:13 — The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beaut
- Jer 10:5 — They 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.
- Jer 10:5 — They 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.
- Mark 8:18 — Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?
- Rom 1:23 — And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
- Rom 10:19 — But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.