Psalm 136:8 - The Scriptures 1998

⁸ The sun to rule by day, For His kindness is everlasting;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

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.

Psalm 136:8 Cross References

Genesis 1:16

And Elohim made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night, and the stars.

Psalm 148:3

Praise Him, sun and moon; Praise Him, all you stars of light!

Psalm 74:16

The day is Yours, the night is Yours too, You have established the light and the sun.

Jeremiah 31:35

Thus said יהוה, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the laws of the moon and the stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, and its waves roar – יהוה  of hosts is His Name:

Matthew 5:45

so that you become sons of your Father in the heavens. Because He makes His sun rise on the wicked and on the good, and sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous.