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Psalms 136:7

To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:

KJV

Memor esto, Domine, filiorum Edom, in die Jerusalem : qui dicunt : Exinanite, exinanite usque ad fundamentum in ea.

Vulgate

μνήσθητι, Κύριε, τῶν υἱῶν Ἐδὼμ τὴν ἡμέραν Ἰερουσαλήμ, τῶν λεγόντων Ἐκκενοῦτε, ἐκκενοῦτε, ἕως ὁ θεμέλιος ἐν αὐτῇ.

LXX

To him that made great lights; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever:

ASV

לְ֭/עֹשֵׂה אוֹרִ֣ים גְּדֹלִ֑ים כִּ֖י לְ/עוֹלָ֣ם חַסְדּֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

א֣וֹר
'vr
noun · 120×
גָּד֖וֹל
gdvl
verb · 528×
וֹ
v
noun · 246×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
עוֹלָֽם
'vlm
noun · 427×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 4:6 — For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
  • Deut 4:19 — And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD
  • Gen 1:14 — And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
  • Gen 1:16 — And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
  • Jer 31:35 — Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of host
  • Job 38:12 — Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
  • Josh 10:13 — And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and
  • Ps 8:3 — When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
  • Ps 74:16 — The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
  • Ps 104:19 — He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
  • Ps 148:3 — Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.