Psalms 136:7

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

To Him who made the great lights, for His steadfast love endures forever.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְ֭עֹשֵׂה אוֹרִ֣ים גְּדֹלִ֑ים כִּ֖י לְעוֹלָ֣ם חַסְדּֽוֹ

Transliteration

to-ʿōśēh ʾôrîm gədōlîm because to-ʿôlām ḥasdô

Grammar Details

• *ʿōśēh*: participle, masculine singular with prefixed preposition lamed - to/for the one making
• *ʾôrîm*: noun, masculine plural - lights
• *gədōlîm*: adjective, masculine plural - great/large
• *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

• *ʿōśēh*: making/creating/fashioning
• *ʾôrîm*: lights/luminaries
• *gədōlîm*: great/large/mighty
• *ʿôlām*: eternity/long duration/antiquity
• *ḥasdô*: his steadfast love/mercy/kindness/covenant faithfulness

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  To him who made great lights: for his mercy endures forever:

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  To him that made great lights; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever:

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Which hath made greate lightes, for his mercy endureth for euer.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Which made great lightes: for his mercie endureth for euer:

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Who hath made great lightes: for his mercy endureth for euer.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  To him that made great lights: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  To him who made the great lights; For his loving kindness endures forever:

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  To Him making great lights, For to the age `is' His kindness.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  To him that made great lights; For his lovingkindness `endureth' for ever:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  To him that made great lights; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

• World English Bible (2000)

  To him who made the great lights; for his loving kindness endures forever:

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  to the one who made the great lights, for his loyal love endures,

Referenced Verses

• Gen 1:14-19 : 14 Then God said, 'Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days, and years, 15 and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.' And it was so. 16 God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. 17 God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, 18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.
• Deut 4:19 : 19 And be careful not to lift your eyes toward the heavens and see the sun, the moon, and the stars—all the host of heaven—and be led astray to bow down to them and worship them, things the LORD your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven.
• Ps 74:16-17 : 16 The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the light and the sun. 17 You set all the boundaries of the earth; You formed summer and winter.
• Ps 104:19 : 19 He made the moon to mark the seasons, and the sun knows when to set.