KJV King James Version
For all the gods of the nations [are] idols: but the LORD made the heavens.
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Psalm 96:5
For all the gods of the nations [are] idols: but the LORD made the heavens.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens.
WEB World English Bible
For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but Yahweh made the heavens.
ASV American Standard Version
For all the gods of the peoples are idols; But Jehovah made the heavens.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
For all the gods of the peoples are nought, And Jehovah made the heavens.
Surrounding context — Psalm 96
2 Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day.
3 Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.
4 For the LORD [is] great, and greatly to be praised: he [is] to be feared above all gods.
5 For all the gods of the nations [are] idols: but the LORD made the heavens.
6 Honour and majesty [are] before him: strength and beauty [are] in his sanctuary.
7 Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength.
8 Give unto the LORD the glory [due unto] his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts.
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Psalm 115:15Ye [are] blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.Isaiah 42:5Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth 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:Psalm 135:18They that make them are like unto them: [so is] every one that trusteth in them.1 Corinthians 8:4As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol [is] nothing in the world, and that [there is] none other God but one.Jeremiah 10:11-12Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, [even] they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.Psalm 135:15The idols of the heathen [are] silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.Isaiah 46:1-2Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages [were] heavy loaden; [they are] a burden to the weary [beast].Genesis 1:1In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.Psalm 115:3-8But our God [is] in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.Jeremiah 10:3-5For 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.Isaiah 44:8-28Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared [it]? ye [are] even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, [there is] no God; I know not [any].Acts 19:26Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:Jeremiah 10:14-15Every man is brutish in [his] knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image [is] falsehood, and [there is] no breath in them.
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