Psalm 136:6 who spread out the earth upon the waters, His love endures forever.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
who spread out the earth upon the waters, His love endures forever.

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

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

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He spread the land on the waters. His love is eternal.

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

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;

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

Cross References

2 Peter 3:5
For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:

Genesis 1:2
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved on the face of the waters.

Genesis 1:6
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

Psalm 24:2
For he has founded it on the seas, and established it on the floods.

Isaiah 42:5
Thus said God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which comes out of it; he that gives breath to the people on it, and spirit to them that walk therein:

Isaiah 44:24
Thus said the LORD, your redeemer, and he that formed you from the womb, I am the LORD that makes all things; that stretches forth the heavens alone; that spreads abroad the earth by myself;

Jeremiah 10:12
He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and has stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's 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.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

5, 6. by wisdom—or, "in wisdom" (Ps 104:24).

made—literally, "maker of."

above the waters—or, "higher than the waters" (Ps 24:2).