Psalms 136:7

English Revised Version

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

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He made the great lights:

Hebrew Names Version
To him who made the great lights; For his lovingkindness endures forever:

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

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

New Century Version
He made the sun and the moon. His love continues forever.

New English Translation
to the one who made the great lights, for his loyal love endures,

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

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

World English Bible
To him who made the great lights; For his lovingkindness endures forever:

Geneva Bible (1587)
Which made great lightes: for his mercie endureth for euer:

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

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

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

Complete Jewish Bible
to him who made the great lights, for his grace continues forever;

Darby Translation
To him that made great lights, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever;

Easy-to-Read Version
He made the great lights. His faithful love will last forever.

George Lamsa Translation
To him who made great lights; for his mercy endures for ever;

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

Lexham English Bible
To him who made the great lights, for his loyal love endures forever.

Literal Translation
to Him who made great lights; for His mercy endures forever;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Which hath made greate lightes, for his mercy endureth for euer.

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

Bible in Basic English
To him who made great lights: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
To Him that made great lights, for His mercy endureth for ever;

King James Version (1611)
To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for euer.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Who hath made great lightes: for his mercy endureth for euer.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
To him who alone made great lights; for his mercy endures for ever.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Which made grete liytis.

Update Bible Version
To him that made great lights; For his loving-kindness [endures] forever:

Webster's Bible Translation
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 Living Translation
Give thanks to him who made the heavenly lights— His faithful love endures forever.

New Life Bible
Give thanks to Him Who made the great lights, for His loving-kindness lasts forever.

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

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
To him that made great lights, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(135-7) Who made the great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever.

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

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

New American Standard Bible (1995)
To Him who made the great lights, For His lovingkindness is everlasting:

Contextual Overview

¹ O GIVE thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. ² O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever. ³ O give thanks unto the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever. ⁴ To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever. ⁵ To him that by understanding made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever. ⁶ To him that spread forth the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever. ⁷ To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever: ⁸ The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever: ⁹ The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 74:16, Psalms 74:17, Psalms 104:19, Genesis 1:14-19, Deuteronomy 4:19

Reciprocal: Genesis 1:16 - to rule Joshua 10:13 - So the sun Job 38:12 - commanded Psalms 8:3 - moon Psalms 148:3 - sun Jeremiah 31:35 - which giveth 2 Corinthians 4:6 - who

Gill's Notes on the Bible

To him that made great lights,.... For the inhabitants of the world to walk and work by, to do all the business of life in a comfortable manner; and which is an instance of mercy and goodness; see Genesis 1:14;

for his mercy [endureth] for ever; these lights continuing for the benefit of mankind.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To him that made great lights - Genesis 1:14. The sun and the moon are here particularly referred to.

For his mercy ... - As manifested in all that has followed from the creation and diffusion of light - (all the beauty in the universe as seen; all the life, beauty, and vigor in the vegetable and animal world; all that there is of life and happiness in the universe - for there could be neither if darkness reigned everywhere); light, the emblem of happiness; the source of joy; the producer, in a great measure, of the beauties of the universe, and the revealer of those beauties everywhere. How can a man think of light and not praise its Author?

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 136:7. Great lights — See the notes on the parallel passages in Genesis, &c. Genesis 1:14-18