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Psalms 136:16

To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever.

KJV

To him that led his people through the wilderness; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever:

ASV

לְ/מוֹלִ֣יךְ עַ֭מּ/וֹ בַּ/מִּדְבָּ֑ר כִּ֖י לְ/עוֹלָ֣ם חַסְדּֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

To Him leading His people in a wilderness, For to the age is His kindness.

YLT

to him who led his people through the wilderness, for his loving kindness endures forever;

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

וֹ
v
noun · 246×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מִּדְבָּ֑ר
mdbr
noun · 270×
עוֹלָֽם
'vlm
noun · 427×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 8:2 — And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep
  • Deut 8:2 — And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep
  • Deut 8:15 — Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
  • Deut 32:12 — So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
  • Exod 13:18 — But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.
  • Exod 15:22 — So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.
  • Ps 77:20 — Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.