Psalm 136:8 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ The sun to rule by day: For his mercy endureth for ever:

More versions

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ The sun to rule over the day, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever;

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ The sun to rule by day; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever;

Common English Bible

⁸ The sun to rule the day— God’s faithful love lasts forever.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ O daughter of Babylon, have pity. Blessed is he who will repay you with your payment, which you have paid to us.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ O daughter of Babylon, miserable: blessed shall he be who shall repay thee thy payment which thou hast paid us.

English Standard Version 2016

⁸ the sun to rule over the day, for his steadfast love endures forever;

Psalm 136:8 Cross References

Genesis 1:16

And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

Psalm 148:3

Praise ye him, sun and moon: Praise him, all ye stars of light.

Psalm 74:16

The day is thine, the night also is thine: Thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

Jeremiah 31:35

Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:

Matthew 5:45

that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.