Psalms 136:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He spread out the earth upon the waters. His loving devotion endures forever.”
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“He spread out the earth upon the waters. His loving devotion endures forever.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.”
King James Version · Public Domain“To him that spread forth the earth above the waters; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“To Him spreading the earth over the waters, For to the age <FI>is<Fi> His kindness.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 136:6 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 1:9And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.
- Job 26:7He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.
- Job 37:18can you, like Him, spread out the skies to reflect the heat like a mirror of bronze?
- Psalms 24:2For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.
- Psalms 104:2He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,
- Isaiah 40:22He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
- Isaiah 42:5This is what God the LORD says— He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:
- Isaiah 44:24Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,
- Jeremiah 10:12The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
- Zechariah 12:1This is the burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, who forms the spirit of man within him:
- 2 Peter 3:5But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water,
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