Psalms 136:2

Literal Standard Version

Give thanks to the God of gods, || For His kindness [is] for all time.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Give thanks to the God of gods.

Hebrew Names Version
Give thanks to the God of gods; For his lovingkindness endures forever.

King James Version
O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever.

English Standard Version
Give thanks to the God of gods, for his steadfast love endures forever.

New Century Version
Give thanks to the God of gods. His love continues forever.

New English Translation
Give thanks to the God of gods, for his loyal love endures.

Amplified Bible
Give thanks to the God of gods, For His lovingkindness endures forever.

New American Standard Bible
Give thanks to the God of gods, For His faithfulness is everlasting.

World English Bible
Give thanks to the God of gods; For his lovingkindness endures forever.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Praise ye the God of gods: for his mercie endureth for euer.

Legacy Standard Bible
Give thanks to the God of gods,For His lovingkindness endures forever.

Berean Standard Bible
Give thanks to the God of gods. His loving devotion endures forever.

Contemporary English Version
Praise the God of all gods. God's love never fails.

Complete Jewish Bible
Give thanks to the God of gods, for his grace continues forever.

Darby Translation
Give thanks unto the God of gods, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever;

Easy-to-Read Version
Praise the God of gods! His faithful love will last forever.

George Lamsa Translation
O give thanks to the God of gods; for his mercy endures for ever.

Good News Translation
Give thanks to the greatest of all gods; his love is eternal.

Lexham English Bible
Give thanks to the God of gods, for his loyal love endures forever.

Literal Translation
O give thanks to the God of gods; for His mercy endures forever.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
O geue thakes vnto the God of all goddes, for his mercy endureth for euer.

American Standard Version
Oh give thanks unto the God of gods; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever.

Bible in Basic English
O give praise to the God of gods: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
O give thanks unto the God of gods, for His mercy endureth for ever.

King James Version (1611)
O giue thankes vnto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for euer.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Confesse you [it] vnto the God of Gods: for his mercy endureth for euer.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Give thanks to the God of gods; for his mercy endures for ever.

English Revised Version
O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Knouleche ye to the God of goddis.

Update Bible Version
Oh give thanks to the God of gods; For his loving-kindness [endures] forever.

Webster's Bible Translation
O give thanks to the God of gods: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.

New King James Version
Oh, give thanks to the God of gods! For His mercy endures forever.

New Living Translation
Give thanks to the God of gods. His faithful love endures forever.

New Life Bible
Give thanks to the God of gods, for His loving-kindness lasts forever.

New Revised Standard
O give thanks to the God of gods, for his steadfast love endures forever.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Give ye thanks to the God of gods, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(135-2) Praise ye the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Revised Standard Version
O give thanks to the God of gods, for his steadfast love endures for ever.

Young's Literal Translation
Give ye thanks to the God of gods, For to the age [is] His kindness.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Give thanks to the God of gods, For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

Contextual Overview

¹Give thanks to YHWH, || For [He is] good, for His kindness [is] for all time. ²Give thanks to the God of gods, || For His kindness [is] for all time.³Give thanks to the Lord of lords, || For His kindness [is] for all time. ⁴To Him doing great wonders by Himself alone, || For His kindness [is] for all time. ⁵To Him making the heavens by understanding, || For His kindness [is] for all time. ⁶To Him spreading the earth over the waters, || For His kindness [is] for all time. ⁷To Him making great lights, || For His kindness [is] for all time. ⁸The sun to rule by day, || For His kindness [is] for all time. ⁹The moon and stars to rule by night, || For His kindness [is] for all time.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the God: Psalms 82:1, Psalms 97:7, Psalms 97:9, Exodus 18:11, Deuteronomy 10:17, Joshua 22:22, 2 Chronicles 2:5, Daniel 2:47

Reciprocal: Psalms 57:2 - God most Daniel 11:36 - the God Revelation 17:14 - Lord

Gill's Notes on the Bible

O give thanks unto the God of gods,.... Not only of the gods of the Gentiles, who are by name and not by nature gods; or of civil magistrates, who are so called, and seem to be designed in the next verse; but the angels, as Aben Ezra and Kimchi. Christ, our Immanuel, is the God of them, the object of their worship and adoration, being their Creator and Preserver, Psalms 97:7. So the Heathens say r of the Maker of all things, him you may properly call the God of gods, the Supreme and Best; this title Janus has with them s;

for his mercy [endureth] for ever; in the preservation of those excellent creatures from apostasy, when many of their species fell; and in the continuance and confirmation of them in the state in which they were created; and in making use of them as ministering spirits to the heirs of salvation; and as a guard about them while they live, and at death to convey their souls to heaven.

r Hierocles in Carm. Pythagor. p. 10. s Macrob. Saturnal. l. 1. c. 9.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

O give thanks unto the God of gods - See Deuteronomy 10:17. The supreme God; the God superior to all that is called God, or that is adored by the nations of the earth; above all to whom the name God is ever applied.

For his mercy... - The ground of praise here is, that it is a characteristic of the supreme God that he is a merciful Being; that there is blended in his character eternal mercy with infinite power. Mere power might fill us with dread; power mingled with mercy, and able to carry out the purposes of mercy, must lay the foundation for praise.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 136:2. The God of gods — לאדני האדנים ladonai haadonim. As adonai signifies director, c., it may apply here, not to idols, for God is not their god but to the priests and spiritual rulers; as Lord of lords may apply to kings and magistrates, &c. He is God and ruler over all the rulers of the earth, whether in things sacred or civil.