Psalms 136:16

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

To Him who led His people through the wilderness, for His steadfast love endures forever.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְמוֹלִ֣יךְ עַ֭מּוֹ בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר כִּ֖י לְעוֹלָ֣ם חַסְדּֽוֹ

Transliteration

to-môlîk ʿammô in-the-midbār because to-ʿôlām ḥasdô

Grammar Details

• *môlîk*: hiphil participle, masculine singular with prefixed preposition lamed - to/for the one leading
• *ʿammô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his people
• *midbār*: noun, masculine singular with definite article and prefixed preposition bet - in the wilderness/desert
• *ʿôlām*: noun, masculine singular with prefixed preposition lamed - to/for eternity/forever
• *ḥasdô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular possessive suffix - his steadfast love/mercy/kindness

Word Meanings

• *môlîk*: leading/guiding/causing to walk
• *ʿammô*: his people/his nation
• *midbār*: wilderness/desert/uninhabited land
• *ʿôlām*: eternity/long duration/antiquity
• *ḥasdô*: his steadfast love/mercy/kindness/covenant faithfulness

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  To him who led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endures forever.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  To him that led{H3212} his people{H5971} through the wilderness;{H4057} For his lovingkindness{H2617} [endureth] for ever:{H5769}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  To him which led{H3212}{(H8688)} his people{H5971} through the wilderness{H4057}: for his mercy{H2617} endureth for ever{H5769}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Which led his people thorow the wyldernesse, for his mercy endureth for euer.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Which led his people through the wildernes: for his mercie endureth for euer:

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Who led his people through the wyldernesse: for his mercy endureth for euer.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  To him who led his people through the wilderness; For his loving kindness endures forever:

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  To Him leading His people in a wilderness, For to the age `is' His kindness.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  To him that led his people through the wilderness; For his lovingkindness `endureth' for ever:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  To him that led his people through the wilderness; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

• World English Bible (2000)

  To him who led his people through the wilderness; for his loving kindness endures forever:

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  to the one who led his people through the wilderness, for his loyal love endures,

Referenced Verses

• Exod 13:18 : 18 So God led the people around by the desert road toward the Red Sea. The Israelites went up out of Egypt ready for battle.
• Exod 15:22 : 22 Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went into the Desert of Shur. They traveled for three days in the desert without finding water.
• Deut 8:15 : 15 He led you through the great and terrifying wilderness, filled with venomous snakes, scorpions, and thirsty ground where there was no water. He brought water for you out of a rock of flint.
• Ps 77:20 : 20 Your way was through the sea, Your path through the waters, though Your footprints were not seen.
• Isa 49:10 : 10 They will neither hunger nor thirst, nor will the scorching heat or sun strike them down. For He who has compassion on them will guide them, and He will lead them beside springs of water.
• Isa 63:11-14 : 11 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses and his people: Where is the one who brought them up out of the sea, along with the shepherds of his flock? Where is the one who set his Holy Spirit among them, 12 who sent his glorious arm of power to be at Moses' right hand, who divided the waters before them to gain for himself an everlasting name, 13 who led them through the depths? Like a horse in open country, they did not stumble; 14 like cattle that go down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD gave them rest. This is how you guided your people to make for yourself a glorious name.
• Neh 9:12 : 12 By day, You led them with a pillar of cloud and by night with a pillar of fire, to give them light for the path they should follow.
• Neh 9:19 : 19 You, in Your great mercy, did not abandon them in the wilderness. During the day, the pillar of cloud did not depart to guide them on their way, nor did the pillar of fire by night to give them light for the path they should take.
• Num 9:17-22 : 17 Whenever the cloud lifted from above the tent, the people of Israel would set out, and wherever the cloud settled, there the people of Israel would camp. 18 At the command of the LORD, the people of Israel set out, and at the command of the LORD, they camped. As long as the cloud rested over the tabernacle, they remained camped. 19 Even when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, the people of Israel kept the LORD’s command and did not set out. 20 Sometimes the cloud remained over the tabernacle for only a few days. In that case, they camped at the LORD's command and then set out at the LORD's command. 21 Sometimes the cloud remained only from evening until morning, and when the cloud lifted in the morning, they set out. Whether by day or by night, when the cloud lifted, they set out. 22 Whether it remained for two days, a month, or longer, as long as the cloud rested over the tabernacle, the people of Israel remained camped and did not set out. But when it lifted, they set out.
• Deut 8:2 : 2 Remember the entire journey the Lord your God has led you on these forty years in the wilderness, to humble and test you in order to know what is in your heart—whether or not you would keep His commandments.