Psalm 136:6

Bible in Basic English 1965

To him by whom the earth was stretched out over the waters: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

Cross References

Genesis 1:9

And God said, Let the waters under the heaven come together in one place, and let the dry land be seen: and it was so.

Job 26:7

By his hand the north is stretched out in space, and the earth is hanging on nothing.

Job 37:18

Will you, with him, make the skies smooth, and strong as a polished looking-glass?

Psalm 24:2

For by him it was based on the seas, and made strong on the deep rivers.

Isaiah 40:22

It is he who is seated over the arch of the earth, and the people in it are as small as locusts; by him the heavens are stretched out like an arch, and made ready like a tent for a living-place.

Isaiah 42:5

God the Lord, even he who made the heavens, measuring them out on high; stretching out the earth, and giving its produce; he who gives breath to the people on it, and life to those who go about on it, says:

Isaiah 44:24

The Lord, who has taken up your cause, and who gave you life in your mother's body, says, I am the Lord who makes all things; stretching out the heavens by myself, and giving the earth its limits; who was with me?

Jeremiah 10:12

He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out.

Zechariah 12:1

The word of the Lord about Israel. The Lord by whom the heavens are stretched out and the bases of the earth put in place, and the spirit of man formed inside him, has said: