Psalms 136:16
14 and led Israel through the midst, His loving devotion endures forever.
15 but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea. His loving devotion endures forever.
He led His people through the wilderness. His loving devotion endures forever.
17 He struck down great kings His loving devotion endures forever.
18 and slaughtered mighty kings— 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
- He led His people through the wilderness. His loving devotion endures forever.
- KJV
- To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever.
- WEB
- to him who led his people through the wilderness, for his loving kindness endures forever;
- ASV
- To him that led his people through the wilderness; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever:
- DARBY
- To him that led his people through the wilderness, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever;
- BLB
- to the One leading His people through the wilderness, for His loving devotion [is] forever;
- ÅB
- ham som førte sitt folk gjennom ørkenen, for hans miskunnhet varer evindelig;
- OTB
- Han som ledet sitt folk gjennom ørkenen,
Hans kjærlighet varer evig. - B1930
- ham som førte sitt folk gjennem ørkenen, for hans miskunnhet varer evindelig;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 8:15
He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.
Read in contextExodus 15:22
Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water.
Read in contextExodus 13:18
So God led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. And the Israelites left the land of Egypt arrayed for battle.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 8:2
Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.
Read in contextPsalms 77:20
You led Your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
Read in contextIsaiah 63:11–14
Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set His Holy Spirit among them,
Read in contextNehemiah 9:19
You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go.
Read in contextNumbers 9:17–22
Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the Tent, the Israelites would set out, and wherever the cloud settled, there the Israelites would camp.
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