Psalms 135:17
ContextNET © | and ears, but cannot hear. Indeed, they cannot breathe. 1 |
NIV © | they have ears, but cannot hear, nor is there breath in their mouths. |
NASB © | They have ears, but they do not hear, Nor is there any breath at all in their mouths. |
NLT © | They cannot hear with their ears or smell with their noses. |
MSG © | Carved ears that can't hear--dead wood! cold metal! |
BBE © | They have ears, but no hearing; and there is no breath in their mouths. |
NRSV © | they have ears, but they do not hear, and there is no breath in their mouths. |
NKJV © | They have ears, but they do not hear; Nor is there any breath in their mouths. |
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NET © | and ears, but cannot hear. Indeed, they cannot breathe. 1 |
NET © Notes |
1 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.” |