Psalm 136:6 {135:6}
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Who established the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Psalm 24:2 For he hath founded it upon the seas; and hath prepared it upon the rivers.

Psalm 104:2,3 And art clothed with light as with a garment. Who stretchest out the heaven like a pavilion: . . .

Genesis 1:9 God also said; Let the waters that are under the heaven, be gathered together into one place: and let the dry land appear. And it was so done.

Job 26:7 He stretched out the north over the empty space, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.

Job 37:1 At this my heart trembleth, and is moved out of its place.

Isaiah 40:22 It is he that sitteth upon the globe of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as locusts: he that stretcheth out the heavens as nothing, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in.

Isaiah 44:24 Thus saith the Lord thy redeemer, and thy maker, from the womb: I am the Lord, that make all things, that alone stretch out the heavens, that established the earth, and there is none with me.

Jeremiah 10:12 He that maketh the earth by his power, that prepareth the world by his wisdom, and stretcheth out the heavens by his knowledge.

Zechariah 12:1 The burden of the word of the Lord upon Israel. Thus saith the Lord, who stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundations of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man in him:

2 Peter 3:5-7 For this they are wilfully ignorant of: That the heavens were before, and the earth out of water and through water, consisting by the word of God: . . .

Context
His Loving Faithfulness Endures Forever
5Who made the heavens in understanding: for his mercy endureth for ever. 6Who established the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.7Who made the great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever.…
Cross References
2 Peter 3:5
For this they are wilfully ignorant of: That the heavens were before, and the earth out of water and through water, consisting by the word of God:

Genesis 1:2
And the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved over the waters.

Genesis 1:6
And God said: Let there be a firmament made amidst the waters: and let it divide the waters from the waters.

Psalm 24:2
For he hath founded it upon the seas; and hath prepared it upon the rivers.

Isaiah 42:5
Thus saith the Lord God that created the heavens, and stretched them out: that established the earth, and the things that spring out of it: that giveth breath to the people upon it, and spirit to them that tread thereon.

Isaiah 44:24
Thus saith the Lord thy redeemer, and thy maker, from the womb: I am the Lord, that make all things, that alone stretch out the heavens, that established the earth, and there is none with me.

Jeremiah 10:12
He that maketh the earth by his power, that prepareth the world by his wisdom, and stretcheth out the heavens by his knowledge.

Lexicon
He spread out
לְרֹקַ֣ע (lə·rō·qa‘)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7554: To pound the earth, to expand, to overlay

the earth
הָ֭אָרֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

upon
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the waters.
הַמָּ֑יִם (ham·mā·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

His loving devotion
חַסְדּֽוֹ׃ (ḥas·dōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2617: Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty

endures forever.
לְעוֹלָ֣ם (lə·‘ō·w·lām)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always


Additional Translations
He spread out the earth upon the waters. His loving devotion endures forever.To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endures for ever.

To him that spread forth the earth above the waters; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever:

To him who established the earth on the waters; for his mercy endures for ever.

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

To him that spread forth the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.

To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.

To him who spread out the earth above the waters; for his loving kindness endures forever:

To Him spreading the earth over the waters, For to the age is His kindness.
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