Psalms 136:7

THE MESSAGE

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.

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

¹Thank God ! He deserves your thanks. His love never quits. Thank the God of all gods, His love never quits. Thank the Lord of all lords. His love never quits. ⁴Thank the miracle-working God, His love never quits. The God whose skill formed the cosmos, His love never quits. The God who laid out earth on ocean foundations, His love never quits. The God who filled the skies with light, His love never quits. The sun to watch over the day, His love never quits. Moon and stars as guardians of the night, His love never quits. The God who struck down the Egyptian firstborn, His love never quits. And rescued Israel from Egypt's oppression, His love never quits. Took Israel in hand with his powerful hand, His love never quits. Split the Red Sea right in half, His love never quits. Led Israel right through the middle, His love never quits. Dumped Pharaoh and his army in the sea, His love never quits. The God who marched his people through the desert, His love never quits. Smashed huge kingdoms right and left, His love never quits. Struck down the famous kings, His love never quits. Struck Sihon the Amorite king, His love never quits. Struck Og the Bashanite king, His love never quits. Then distributed their land as booty, His love never quits. Handed the land over to Israel. His love never quits.

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