Psalms 136:16
14 And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy endureth for ever:
15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever.
To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever.
17 To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:
18 And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:
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
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;
Read in contextExodus 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.
Read in contextExodus 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.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 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 his commandments, or no.
Read in contextPsalms 77:20
Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
Read in contextIsaiah 63:11–14
Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?
Read in contextNehemiah 9:19
Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.
Read in contextNumbers 9:17–22
And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.
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