Psalms 136:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The moon and the stars to have rule by night: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 31:26 : 26 If, when I saw the sun shining, and the moon moving on its bright way,
  • Ps 8:3 : 3 When I see your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have put in their places;
  • Ps 89:36-37 : 36 His seed will not come to an end for ever; the seat of his kingdom will be like the sun before me. 37 It will be fixed for ever like the moon; and the witness in heaven is true. (Selah.)

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 136:1-8
    8 verses
    90%

    1 O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

    2 O give praise to the God of gods: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

    3 O give praise to the Lord of lords: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

    4 To him who only does great wonders: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

    5 To him who by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

    6 To him by whom the earth was stretched out over the waters: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

    7 To him who made great lights: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

    8 The sun to have rule by day: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

  • Ps 136:10-26
    17 verses
    84%

    10 To him who put to death the first-fruits of Egypt: for his mercy is unchanging for ever:

    11 And took out Israel from among them: for his mercy is unchanging for ever:

    12 With a strong hand and an outstretched arm: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

    13 To him who made a way through the Red Sea: for his mercy is unchanging for ever:

    14 And let Israel go through it: for his mercy is unchanging for ever:

    15 By him Pharaoh and his army were overturned in the Red Sea: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

    16 To him who took his people through the waste land: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

    17 To him who overcame great kings: for his mercy is unchanging for ever:

    18 And put noble kings to death: for his mercy is unchanging for ever:

    19 Sihon, king of the Amorites: for his mercy is unchanging for ever:

    20 And Og, king of Bashan: for his mercy is unchanging for ever:

    21 And gave their land to his people for a heritage: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

    22 Even a heritage for his servant Israel: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

    23 Who kept us in mind when we were in trouble: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

    24 And has taken us out of the hands of our haters: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

    25 Who gives food to all flesh: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

    26 O give praise to the God of heaven: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

  • Jer 31:35
    73%

    35 These are the words of the Lord, who has given the sun for a light by day, ordering the moon and stars for a light by night, who puts the sea in motion, causing the thunder of its waves; the Lord of armies is his name.

  • Ps 148:3
    73%

    3 Give praise to him, you sun and moon: give praise to him, all you stars of light.

  • Ps 89:37
    73%

    37 It will be fixed for ever like the moon; and the witness in heaven is true. (Selah.)

  • Ps 118:1-2
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    72%

    1 O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

    2 Let Israel now say, that his mercy is unchanging for ever.

  • Ps 89:2
    72%

    2 For you have said, Mercy will be made strong for ever; my faith will be unchanging in the heavens.

  • Gen 1:14-17
    4 verses
    72%

    14 And God said, Let there be lights in the arch of heaven, for a division between the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for marking the changes of the year, and for days and for years:

    15 And let them be for lights in the arch of heaven to give light on the earth: and it was so.

    16 And God made the two great lights: the greater light to be the ruler of the day, and the smaller light to be the ruler of the night: and he made the stars.

    17 And God put them in the arch of heaven, to give light on the earth;

  • Ps 104:19
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    19 He made the moon for a sign of the divisions of the year; teaching the sun the time of its going down.

  • Ps 106:1
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    1 Let the Lord be praised. O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

  • Ps 118:29
    71%

    29 O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

  • Ps 8:3
    71%

    3 When I see your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have put in their places;

  • Ps 118:4
    70%

    4 Let all worshippers of the Lord now say, that his mercy is unchanging for ever.

  • Deut 33:14
    70%

    14 And the good things of the fruits of the sun, and the good things of the growth of the moons,

  • Ps 117:2
    70%

    2 For great is his mercy to us, and his faith is unchanging for ever. Praise be to the Lord.

  • 1 Chr 16:34
    69%

    34 O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

  • Ps 107:1
    69%

    1 O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

  • Ps 92:2
    69%

    2 To make clear your mercy in the morning, and your unchanging faith every night;

  • Ps 121:6
    69%

    6 You will not be touched by the sun in the day, or by the moon at night.

  • Ps 89:28
    69%

    28 I will keep my mercy for him for ever; my agreement with him will not be changed.

  • Ps 146:6
    69%

    6 Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things in them; who keeps faith for ever:

  • Ps 148:6
    69%

    6 He has put them in their places for ever; he has given them their limits which may not be broken.

  • Ps 103:17
    68%

    17 But the mercy of the Lord is eternal for his worshippers, and their children's children will see his righteousness;