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Psalms 136:5

To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever.

KJV

Si oblitus fuero tui, Jerusalem, oblivioni detur dextera mea.

Vulgate

ἐὰν ἐπιλάθωμαί σου, Ἰερουσαλήμ, ἐπιλησθείη ἡ δεξιά μου·

LXX

To him that by understanding made the heavens; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever:

ASV

לְ/עֹשֵׂ֣ה הַ֭/שָּׁמַיִם בִּ/תְבוּנָ֑ה כִּ֖י לְ/עוֹלָ֣ם חַסְדּֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

וֹ
v
noun · 246×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
עוֹלָֽם
'vlm
noun · 427×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×
תְּבוּנָֽה
tbvnh
noun · 43×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Gen 1:1 — In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
  • Gen 1:1 — In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
  • Gen 1:6 — And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
  • Gen 1:9 — And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
  • Gen 2:1 — Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
  • Jer 10:12 — He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
  • Jer 10:12 — He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
  • Jer 27:5 — I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.
  • Jer 32:17 — Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
  • Jer 51:15 — He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.
  • Jer 51:15 — He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.
  • Neh 9:6 — Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest t
  • Prov 3:19 — The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
  • Prov 3:19 — The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
  • Prov 8:22 — The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
  • Prov 8:27 — When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
  • Ps 33:6 — By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
  • Ps 104:24 — O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
  • Ps 104:24 — O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
  • Ps 146:6 — Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:
  • Zech 12:1 — The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.