Berean Standard Bible
Psalms 136:12
12with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. His loving devotion endures forever.
Psalms 136:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever.
- New International Version (NIV)with a mighty hand and outstretched arm; His love endures forever.
- English Standard Version (ESV)with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, for his steadfast love endures forever;
- New King James Version (NKJV)With a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm, For His mercy endures forever;
Context of Psalms 136:12
10He struck down the firstborn of Egypt His loving devotion endures forever. 11and brought Israel out from among them His loving devotion endures forever. with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. His loving devotion endures forever. 13He divided the Red Sea in two His loving devotion endures forever. 14and led Israel through the midst, His loving devotion endures forever.
Read all of Psalms 136Psalms 136:12 word by word
בְּיָ֣ד חֲ֭זָקָה וּבִזְר֣וֹעַ נְטוּיָ֑ה כִּ֖י לְעוֹלָ֣ם חַסְדּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 136:12
- Exodus 6:6Therefore 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.
- Exodus 13:14In 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.
- Exodus 15:6Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has shattered the enemy.
- Deuteronomy 11:2Know 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;
- Isaiah 5:19to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!”
- Jeremiah 32:21You 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.
- Acts 7:36He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.
Commentaries on Psalms 136:12
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12With a strong hand - A powerful hand; as by a hand that could grasp and subdue all that opposed. And with a stretched-out arm - As if the arm were stretched out to strike with the utmost force, or to exert its utmost power. See Exodus 6:6; Deuteronomy 4:34; Deuteronomy 5:15; Deuteronomy 7:19; Deuteronomy 26:8; Jeremiah 32:21. For his mercy - The exertion of his power in delivering his people was the expression of a mercy, the consequences of which are…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-22Verses 10-22 The great things God did for Israel, when he brought them out of Egypt, were mercies which endured long to them; and our redemption by Christ, which was typified thereby, endures for ever. It is good to enter into the history of God's favours, and in each to observe, and own, that his mercy endureth for ever. He put them in possession of a good land; it was a figure of the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-22The psalmist tells the early history of Israel's redemption.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. Compare similar expressions (Ex 3:20; De 4:34, &c.).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 136
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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