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Psalm 136

Psa. 136:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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To him that stretched out
raqa` (Hebrew #7554)
to pound the earth (as a sign of passion); by analogy to expand (by hammering); by implication, to overlay (with thin sheets of metal)
KJV usage: beat, make broad, spread abroad (forth, over, out, into plates), stamp, stretch.
Pronounce: raw-kah'
Origin: a primitive root
h the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
above the waters
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
: for his mercy
checed (Hebrew #2617)
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety: rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
KJV usage: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-)kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
Pronounce: kheh'-sed
Origin: from 2616
endureth for ever
`owlam (Hebrew #5769)
from 5956; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
KJV usage: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-))ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
Pronounce: o-lawm'
Origin: or lolam {o-lawm'}
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Gen. 1:9• 9And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear. And it was so. (Gen. 1:9)
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Jer. 10:12• 12He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his understanding. (Jer. 10:12)

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Cross References

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Psa. 24:2• 2For it was he that founded it upon seas, and established it upon floods. (Psa. 24:2)
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Psa. 104:2‑3• 2Covering thyself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent-curtain;--
 3Who layeth the beams of his upper chambers in the waters, who maketh clouds his chariot, who walketh upon the wings of the wind; (Psa. 104:2‑3)
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Gen. 1:9• 9And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear. And it was so. (Gen. 1:9)
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Job 26:7• 7He stretcheth out the north over empty space, he hangeth the earth upon nothing; (Job 26:7)
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Job 37:18• 18Hast thou with him spread out the sky, firm, like a molten mirror? (Job 37:18)
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Isa. 40:22• 22It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a gauze curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in; (Isa. 40:22)
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Isa. 44:24• 24Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb: I am Jehovah, the maker of all things; who alone stretched out the heavens, who did spread forth the earth by myself; (Isa. 44:24)
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Jer. 10:12• 12He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his understanding. (Jer. 10:12)
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Zech. 12:1• 1The burden of the word of Jehovah concerning Israel. Thus saith Jehovah, who stretcheth out the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him: (Zech. 12:1)
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2 Peter 3:5‑7• 5For this is hidden from them through their own wilfulness, that heavens were of old, and an earth, having its subsistence out of water and in water, by the word of God,
 6through which waters the then world, deluged with water, perished.
 7But the present heavens and the earth by his word are laid up in store, kept for fire unto a day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. (2 Peter 3:5‑7)

J. N. Darby Translation

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To him that stretched out the earth above the waters, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;