Psalm 136:6
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New International Version (©2011)
who spread out the earth upon the waters, His love endures forever.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Give thanks to him who placed the earth among the waters. His faithful love endures forever.

English Standard Version (©2001)
to him who spread out the earth above the waters, for his steadfast love endures forever;

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
To Him who spread out the earth above the waters, For His lovingkindness is everlasting;

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
He spread the land on the waters. His love is eternal.

International Standard Version (©2012)
to the one who spread out the earth over the waters, for his gracious love is everlasting—

NET Bible (©2006)
to the one who spread out the earth over the water, for his loyal love endures,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
To him who spread out the earth upon the waters, for his mercies are to eternity.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
to the one who spread out the earth on the water- because his mercy endures forever.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endures forever.

American King James Version
To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endures for ever.

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
Who established the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Darby Bible Translation
To him that stretched out the earth above the waters, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;

English Revised Version
To him that spread forth the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Webster's Bible Translation
To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.

World English Bible
To him who spread out the earth above the waters; for his loving kindness endures forever:

Young's Literal Translation
To Him spreading the earth over the waters, For to the age is His kindness.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

136:1-9 Forgetful as we are, things must be often repeated to us. By mercy we understand the Lord's disposition to save those whom sin has rendered miserable and vile, and all the provision he has made for the redemption of sinners by Jesus Christ. The counsels of this mercy have been from everlasting, and the effects of it will endure for ever, to all who are interested in it. The Lord continues equally ready to show mercy to all who seek for it, and this is the source of all our hope and comfort.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 6. - To him that stretched out the earth above the waters (comp. Isaiah 42:5; Isaiah 44:24; Psalm 24:2). For his mercy, etc.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

To him that stretcheth out the earth above the waters,.... Or, "besides the waters" (t), close by them, and yet secures the earth from being covered with them; see Psalm 24:2;

for his mercy endureth for ever; it was in mercy he caused the waters to go off the earth which first covered it; that trees, plants, and herbs, might spring up out of it, and that it might be a fit habitation for man; and though for the sins of the old world these waters were let in upon it, which drowned it, and destroyed man and beast upon it, except a few that were in mercy preserved; yet the Lord has promised and swore to it, that these waters shall no more go over the earth to destroy it; he has set a bound for the sea that it cannot pass, by a decree of his; even the sand on the shore, which, as weak as it may seem to be, is a bound unpassable; though they may toss and rage and roar, they shall not prevail, nor pass over it, which is a perpetual miracle of mercy, Jeremiah 5:22.

(t) "juxta aquas", Tirinus, Gejerus, Michaelis.

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His Loving Kindness Endures Forever
…5To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endures for ever. 6To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endures for ever. 7To him that made great lights: for his mercy endures for ever: …

2 Peter 3:5 But they deliberately forget that long ago by God's word the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water.
Genesis 1:2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
Genesis 1:6 And God said, "Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water."
Psalm 24:2 for he founded it on the seas and established it on the waters.
Isaiah 42:5 This is what God the LORD says-- the Creator of the heavens, who stretches them out, who spreads out the earth with all that springs from it, who gives breath to its people, and life to those who walk on it:
Isaiah 44:24 "This is what the LORD says-- your Redeemer, who formed you in the womb: I am the LORD, the Maker of all things, who stretches out the heavens, who spreads out the earth by myself,
Jeremiah 10:12 But God made the earth by his power; he founded the world by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.