Psalms 115:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כְּ֭מוֹהֶם יִהְי֣וּ עֹשֵׂיהֶ֑ם כֹּ֖ל אֲשֶׁר־בֹּטֵ֣חַ בָּהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

Like-them yihyû ʿōśêhem, all ʾăšer-bōṭēaḥ in-them.

Grammar Details

• כְּמוֹהֶם: preposition + 3rd person masculine plural suffix, 'like them'
• *yihyû*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural, 'they will be'
• *ʿōśêhem*: participle with 3rd person masculine plural suffix, 'makers-their'
• כֹּל: noun, masculine singular construct, 'all/everyone'
• *ʾăšer*: relative particle, 'who/that'
• *bōṭēaḥ*: verb, qal participle, masculine singular, 'trusting'
• בָּהֶם: preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix, 'in them'

Word Meanings

• *yihyû*: will be/become
• *ʿōśêhem*: their makers/their creators
• *ʾăšer*: who/that/which
• *bōṭēaḥ*: trusts/relies on/has confidence in

Referenced Verses

• Ps 135:18 : 18 They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that trusteth in them.
• Isa 44:9-9 : 9 They 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. 10 Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing? 11 Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together. 12 The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint. 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 beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house. 14 He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it. 15 Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto. 16 He 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 fire: 17 And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god. 18 They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. 19 And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree? 20 He 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?
• Jer 10:8 : 8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
• Jonah 2:8 : 8 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
• Hab 2:18-19 : 18 What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols? 19 Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.