65:2 You hear prayers; 1
all people approach you. 2
115:6 ears, but cannot hear,
noses, but cannot smell,
135:17 and ears, but cannot hear.
Indeed, they cannot breathe. 3
1 tn Heb “O one who hears prayer.”
2 tn Heb “to you all flesh comes.”
3 tn Heb “indeed, there is not breath in their mouth.” For the collocation אַף אֵין (’af ’en, “indeed, there is not”) see Isa 41:26. Another option is to take אַף as “nose” (see Ps 115:6), in which case one might translate, “a nose, [but] they have no breath in their mouths.”