- Bible
- Psalms
- Chapter 115
- Verse 6
Psalms 115:6
They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
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Commentary
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Gill's Exposition
They have ears, but they hear not,.... The makers of them have taken care to place a pair of ears to their heads, but could not convey the faculty of hearing to them; so that though their priests may…
They have mouths ... - They are shaped like people, but have none of the attributes of intelligent beings.
Sufficient care is here taken to answer both the pretensions of self and the reproaches of idolaters.
I. Boasting is here for ever excluded, Psa 115:1. Let no opinion of our own merits have any room…