Psalms 136:5 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 136:5

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

KJV

Parallel translations

4 additional translations

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ASV

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

WEB

By His insight He made the heavens. His loving devotion endures forever.

YLT

To Him making the heavens by understanding, For to the age is His kindness.

DBT

To him that by understanding made the heavens, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever;

About this book

Old Testament

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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Cross-references

18 verses on the floor

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Jeremiah 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:
Genesis 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.
Psalms 146:6
Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:
Proverbs 8:27
When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Voices1

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. [2.] He raised the earth out of the waters when he caused the dry land to appear, that it might be fit to be a habitation for man, and therein also his mercy to man still endures (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Words2

Word trails from this verse

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The walk5

Where the connections lead

Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PSA 136:5GEN 1:1 HEB 11:3
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 136:5GEN 1:1 JHN 1:1-3
PSA 136:5GEN 1:1 ISA 45:18
PSA 136:5GEN 1:1 REV 4:11
PSA 136:5GEN 1:1 HEB 1:10

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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