Psalms 136:7
What does Psalms 136:7 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 136:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000To him that made great lights; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever:
KJV
King James Version · 1611To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901To him that made great lights; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949To him who made great lights: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862To Him making great lights, For to the age <FI>is<Fi> His kindness.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom, in the day of Jerusalem: Who say: Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890To him that made great lights, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever;
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 1:14
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years:
- Psalms 74:16
The day is thine, the night also is thine: Thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
- Psalms 104:19
He appointed the moon for seasons: The sun knoweth his going down.
- Deuteronomy 4:19
and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Jehovah thy God hath allotted unto all the peoples under the whole heaven.
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