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Psalms 115:16

115:15 Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.
The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

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The heavens are the heavens of Yahweh; but the earth has he given to the children of men.

The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD’s: but the earth has he given to the children of men.

115:17 The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.

What does Psalms 115:16 mean?

Psalms 115:16 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שָׁמַיִם (shâmayim), יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh), אֶרֶץ (ʼerets).

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The
heaven,שָׁמַיִםshâmayim/shaw-mah'-yim/H8064the 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)
even
the
heavens,שָׁמַיִםshâmayim/shaw-mah'-yim/H8064the 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)
are
the
LORD'S:יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
but
the
earthאֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
hath
he
givenנָתַןnâthan/naw-than'/H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
to
the
childrenבֵּןbên/bane/H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
of
men.אָדָםʼâdâm/aw-dawm'/H120ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 115:16.

Genesis 1:17

And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

Genesis 1:26

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Genesis 2:19

And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. Adam: or, the man

Genesis 2:4

These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

Genesis 2:5

And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

Genesis 6:4

There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

Genesis 6:5

And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. every: or, the whole imagination: the Hebrew word signifieth not only the imagination, but also the purposes and desires continually: Heb. every day

Genesis 6:6

And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

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What does Psalms 115:16 say?

Psalms 115:16 (King James Version) reads: "The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men."

Is Psalms 115:16 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 115:16 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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