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Psalms 115:7

115:6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.

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They have hands, but they don’t feel. They have feet, but they don’t walk, neither do they speak through their throat.

They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.

They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.

115:8 They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.

What does Psalms 115:7 mean?

Psalms 115:7 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יָד (yâd), מוּשׁ (mûwsh), רֶגֶל (regel).

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They
have
hands,יָדyâd/yawd/H3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
but
they
handleמוּשׁmûwsh/moosh/H4184to touch
not:
feetרֶגֶלregel/reh'-gel/H7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
have
they,
but
they
walkהָלַךְhâlak/haw-lak'/H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
not:
neither
speakהָגָהhâgâh/daw-gaw'/H1897to murmur (in pleasure or anger); by implication, to ponder
they
through
their
throat.גָּרוֹןgârôwn/gaw-rone'/H1627the throat (as roughened by swallowing)

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Idolatry

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 115:7.

Genesis 19:2

And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.

Genesis 8:9

But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark. pulled: Heb. caused her to come

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What does Psalms 115:7 say?

Psalms 115:7 (King James Version) reads: "They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat."

Is Psalms 115:7 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 115:7 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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