Psalm 136:7
New International Version
who made the great lights— His love endures forever.

New Living Translation
Give thanks to him who made the heavenly lights— His faithful love endures forever.

English Standard Version
to him who made the great lights, for his steadfast love endures forever;

Berean Standard Bible
He made the great lights—His loving devotion endures forever.

King James Bible
To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:

New King James Version
To Him who made great lights, For His mercy endures forever—

New American Standard Bible
To Him who made the great lights, For His faithfulness is everlasting:

NASB 1995
To Him who made the great lights, For His lovingkindness is everlasting:

NASB 1977
To Him who made the great lights, For His lovingkindness is everlasting:

Legacy Standard Bible
To Him who made the great lights, For His lovingkindness endures forever:

Amplified Bible
To Him who made the great lights, For His lovingkindness endures forever;

Christian Standard Bible
He made the great lights: His faithful love endures forever.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He made the great lights: His love is eternal.

American Standard Version
To him that made great lights; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
To him who made great lights, for his mercies are to eternity.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
To him who alone made great lights; for his mercy endures for ever.

Contemporary English Version
He made the bright lights in the sky. God's love never fails.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Who made the great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever.

English Revised Version
To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
to the one who made the great lights- because his mercy endures forever.

Good News Translation
He made the sun and the moon; his love is eternal;

International Standard Version
to the one who made the great lights, for his gracious love is everlasting—

JPS Tanakh 1917
To Him that made great lights, For His mercy endureth for ever;

Literal Standard Version
To Him making great lights, | For His kindness [is] for all time.

Majority Standard Bible
He made the great lights—His loving devotion endures forever.

New American Bible
Who made the great lights, for his mercy endures forever;

NET Bible
to the one who made the great lights, for his loyal love endures,

New Revised Standard Version
who made the great lights, for his steadfast love endures forever;

New Heart English Bible
To him who made the great lights; for his loving kindness endures forever:

Webster's Bible Translation
To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:

World English Bible
to him who made the great lights, for his loving kindness endures forever;

Young's Literal Translation
To Him making great lights, For to the age is His kindness.

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Context
His Loving Faithfulness Endures Forever
6He spread out the earth upon the waters. His loving devotion endures forever. 7He made the great lights— His loving devotion endures forever. 8the sun to rule the day, His loving devotion endures forever.…

Cross References
James 1:17
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.

Genesis 1:14
And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.

Psalm 74:16
The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.

Jeremiah 31:35
Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar--the LORD of Hosts is His name:


Treasury of Scripture

To him that made great lights: for his mercy endures for ever:

Psalm 74:16,17
The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun…

Psalm 104:19
He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.

Genesis 1:14-19
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: …

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Psalm 136
1. An exhortation to give thanks to God for particular mercies.














(7) Lights.--An unusual word, meaning light itself, and not luminaries. But possibly the poet wished in one phrase to combine Genesis 1:3; Genesis 1:14-15.

Verse 7. - To him that made great lights (see Genesis 1:14-16). For his mercy, etc. Ver. 8 - The sun to rule by day (comp. Genesis 1:16). For his mercy, etc.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He made
לְ֭עֹשֵׂה (lə·‘ō·śêh)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6213: To do, make

the great
גְּדֹלִ֑ים (gə·ḏō·lîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent

lights—
אוֹרִ֣ים (’ō·w·rîm)
Noun - common plural
Strong's 216: Illumination, luminary

His loving devotion
חַסְדּֽוֹ׃ (ḥas·dōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2617: Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty

endures forever.
לְעוֹלָ֣ם (lə·‘ō·w·lām)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always


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