Psalms 136:6

In 11 translations

BSB

He spread out the earth upon the waters. His loving devotion endures forever.

KJV

To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.

WEB

to him who spread out the earth above the waters, for his loving kindness endures forever;

ASV

To him that spread forth the earth above the waters; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever:

LSV

To Him spreading the earth over the waters, || For His kindness [is] for all time.

YLT

To Him spreading the earth over the waters, For to the age [is] His kindness.

DBY

To him that stretched out the earth above the waters, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever;

DRC135:6

Who established the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.

GNV

Which hath stretched out the earth vpon the waters: for his mercie endureth for euer:

JPS

To Him that spread forth the earth above the waters, for His mercy endureth for ever.

LXXE135:6

To him who established the earth on the waters; for his mercy endures for ever.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

לְרֹקַ֣ע הָ֭אָרֶץ עַל־הַמָּ֑יִם כִּ֖י לְעוֹלָ֣ם חַסְדּֽוֹ׃

LXX-Br135:6

Τῷ στερεώσαντι τὴν γῆν ἐπὶ τῶν ὑδάτων, ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 24:2For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.
• Genesis 1:9And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.
• Jeremiah 10:12The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
• Isaiah 44:24Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,
• Job 26:7He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.
• Psalms 104:2–3He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent, laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.
• Isaiah 42:5This is what God the LORD says— He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:
• Zechariah 12:1This is the burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, who forms the spirit of man within him:
• 2 Peter 3:5–7But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water, through which the world of that time perished in the flood. And by that same…
• Isaiah 40:22He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
• Job 37:18can you, like Him, spread out the skies to reflect the heat like a mirror of bronze?

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