New American Standard Bible 1995
Psalms 136:12
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
10To Him who smote the Egyptians in their firstborn, For His lovingkindness is everlasting, 11And brought Israel out from their midst, For His lovingkindness is everlasting, With a strong hand and an outstretched arm, For His lovingkindness is everlasting. 13To Him who divided the Red Sea asunder, For His lovingkindness is everlasting, 14And made Israel pass through the midst of it, For His lovingkindness is everlasting;
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בְּיָ֣ד חֲ֭זָקָה וּבִזְר֣וֹעַ נְטוּיָ֑ה כִּ֖י לְעוֹלָ֣ם חַסְדּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 136:12
- Exodus 6:6Say, therefore, to the sons of Israel, ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their bondage. I will also redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments.
- Exodus 13:14And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ then you shall say to him, ‘With a powerful hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery.
- Exodus 15:6Your right hand, O Lord, is majestic in power, Your right hand, O Lord, shatters the enemy.
- Deuteronomy 11:2Know this day that I am not speaking with your sons who have not known and who have not seen the discipline of the Lord your God--His greatness, His mighty hand and His outstretched arm,
- Isaiah 5:19Who say, “Let Him make speed, let Him hasten His work, that we may see it; And let the purpose of the Holy One of Israel draw near And come to pass, that we may know it!”
- Jeremiah 32:21You brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and with wonders, and with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm and with great terror;
- Acts 7:36This man led them out, performing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt and in the Red Sea and in the wilderness for forty years.
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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