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Psalms 115:6 — King James Version← Study notes

They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:


Psalms 115:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 115:68 words
HebrewMeaning
אָזְנַ֣יִםʾāzənayim
earsnounH241
advertise · displease · ear · hearing ···
לָ֭/הֶםlāhem
pron
וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יִשְׁמָ֑עוּyišəmāʿw
they hearverbH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
אַ֥ףʾap
a noseparticleH639
before · countenance · face · forebearing ···
לָ֝/הֶ֗םlāhem
pron
וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יְרִיחֽוּ/ןyəriyḥwn
they smell !verbH7306
smell · touch · make of quick understanding
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 115:6

1. “Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto Your Name give the praise” Psalm 113:1. For that grace of the water that gushed from the rock (“now that rock was Christ” 1 Corinthians 10:4), was not given on the score of works that had gone before, but of His mercy “that justifies the ungodly.” Romans 4:5 For “Christ died for sinners,” that men might not seek any glory of their own, but in the Lord's Name. 2. “For Your loving mercy, and for Your truth's sake” Psalm 113:2.…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 115
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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