Psalms 136:12

10 He struck down the firstborn of Egypt His loving devotion endures forever.

11 and brought Israel out from among them His loving devotion endures forever.

with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. His loving devotion endures forever.

13 He divided the Red Sea in two His loving devotion endures forever.

14 and led Israel through the midst, His loving devotion endures forever.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. His loving devotion endures forever.
KJV
With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever.
WEB
with a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm, for his loving kindness endures forever;
ASV
With a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever:
DARBY
With a powerful hand and with a stretched-out arm, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever;
BLB
with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, for His loving devotion [is] forever;
ÅB
med sterk hånd og med utrakt arm, for hans miskunnhet varer evindelig;
OTB
Med sterk hånd og utstrakt arm,
Hans kjærlighet varer evig.
B1930
med sterk hånd og med utrakt arm, for hans miskunnhet varer evindelig;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 32:21

    You brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror.

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  • Deuteronomy 4:34

    Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?

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  • Exodus 6:6

    Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.

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  • Psalms 44:3

    For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.

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  • Exodus 13:14

    In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

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  • Isaiah 51:9–10

    Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?

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  • Deuteronomy 11:2–4

    Know this day that it is not your children who have known and seen the discipline of the LORD your God: His greatness, His mighty hand, and His outstretched arm;

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  • Exodus 15:6

    Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has shattered the enemy.

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