---
title: Psalms 86:8
url: https://jw-apologetics.app/verses/psalms-86-8/
markdown: https://jw-apologetics.app/verses/psalms-86-8.md
type: verse
perspective: Protestant (historic Nicene) response to Jehovah's Witness teaching
reference: Psalms 86:8
testament: OT
section: Poetry
index: https://jw-apologetics.app/llms.txt
---

# Psalms 86:8

## Text (Berean Standard Bible)

> O Lord, there is none like You among the gods, nor any works like Yours.

## NWT Wording of the Key Phrase

- NWT (2013 revision): "There is none like you among the gods, O Jehovah, There are no works like yours."

## JW Usage

JWs affirm Psalm 86:8 wholeheartedly: there is none like Jehovah, and this is precisely what proves Jesus cannot be Jehovah. Jesus is "a god" — Mighty God, Michael the Archangel, the greatest of God's creatures — but emphatically not the incomparable Jehovah of this verse. The verse is taken as confirmation that Jesus occupies a separate, lower category.

## Protestant Usage

This verse becomes a syllogism trap when paired with Hebrews 1:3. Premise 1: among the gods, none is like Jehovah (Psalm 86:8 NWT). Premise 2: Jesus is "the exact representation of [God's] very being" (Hebrews 1:3 NWT). Conclusion: Jesus cannot be a creature, because no creature can be the exact representation of one no creature can resemble. The argument needs no Greek and no contested rendering — only the JW's own Bible read consistently. Pair with Psalm 86:10 ("you alone are God") and Psalm 89:6 ("who among the sons of God is like Jehovah?") for the full force.

## Arguments Using This Verse

- [The Exact Representation Problem](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/heb1-3-psalm89-contradiction.md) — Hebrews 1:3 vs Psalm 89:6 [Deity of Christ]