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Psalms 96:5

96:4 For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.
For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.

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For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but Yahweh made the heavens.

For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the Lord made the heavens.

For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.

96:6 Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

What does Psalms 96:5 mean?

Psalms 96:5 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym), עַם (ʻam), אֱלִיל (ʼĕlîyl).

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For
all
the
godsאֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîym/el-o-heem'/H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
of
the
nationsעַםʻam/am/H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
are
idols:אֱלִילʼĕlîyl/el-eel'/H457good for nothing, by anal. vain or vanity; specifically an idol
but
the
LORDיְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
madeעָשָׂהʻâsâh/aw-saw'/H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
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)

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 96:5.

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 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 2:18

And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. meet: Heb. as before him

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 3:1

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Yea: Heb. Yea, because, etc.

Genesis 6:7

And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. both: Heb. from man unto beast

Genesis 1:1

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 1:11

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. grass: Heb. tender grass

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What does Psalms 96:5 say?

Psalms 96:5 (King James Version) reads: "For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens."

Is Psalms 96:5 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 96:5 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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