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Psalms 136:12

136:11 And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth for ever:
With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever.

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With a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm; for his loving kindness endures forever:

With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever.

With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endures for ever.

136:13 To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever:

What does Psalms 136:12 mean?

Psalms 136:12 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include חָזָק (châzâq), יָד (yâd), נָטָה (nâṭâh).

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With
a
strongחָזָקchâzâq/khaw-zawk'/H2389strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent)
hand,יָדyâd/yawd/H3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
and
with
a
stretched
outנָטָהnâṭâh/naw-taw'/H5186to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application
arm:זְרוֹעַzᵉrôwaʻ/zer-o'-ah/H2220the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force
for
his
mercyחֵסֵדchêçêd/kheh'-sed/H2617kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
endureth
for
ever.עוֹלָםʻôwlâm/o-lawm'/H5769properly, 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

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 136:12.

Deuteronomy 4:34

Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

Deuteronomy 5:15

And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.

1 Kings 8:42

(For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;

2 Chronicles 6:32

Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;

Deuteronomy 11:2

And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm,

Deuteronomy 26:8

And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders:

Deuteronomy 7:19

The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid.

Exodus 6:6

Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:

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What does Psalms 136:12 say?

Psalms 136:12 (King James Version) reads: "With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever."

Is Psalms 136:12 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 136:12 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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