Proverbia 136:6

Nova Vulgata

Qui expandit terram super aquas, quoniam in aeternum misericordia eius.

Parallel Translations

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Adh�reat lingua mea faucibus meis,
si non meminero tui;
si non proposuero Jerusalem
in principio l�titi� me�.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 24:2, Psalms 104:2, Psalms 104:3, Genesis 1:9, Job 26:7, Job 37:18, Isaiah 40:22, Isaiah 44:24, Jeremiah 10:12, Zechariah 12:1, 2 Peter 3:5-7

Reciprocal: Genesis 1:6 - Let there 2 Chronicles 2:12 - that made heaven Psalms 104:5 - Who laid the foundations of the earth Psalms 146:6 - made heaven Isaiah 42:5 - he that spread

Gill's Notes on the Bible

To him that stretcheth out the earth above the waters,.... Or, "besides the waters" t, close by them, and yet secures the earth from being covered with them; see Psalms 24:2;

for his mercy [endureth] for ever; it was in mercy he caused the waters to go off the earth which first covered it; that trees, plants, and herbs, might spring up out of it, and that it might be a fit habitation for man; and though for the sins of the old world these waters were let in upon it, which drowned it, and destroyed man and beast upon it, except a few that were in mercy preserved; yet the Lord has promised and swore to it, that these waters shall no more go over the earth to destroy it; he has set a bound for the sea that it cannot pass, by a decree of his; even the sand on the shore, which, as weak as it may seem to be, is a bound unpassable; though they may toss and rage and roar, they shall not prevail, nor pass over it, which is a perpetual miracle of mercy, Jeremiah 5:22.

t על המים "juxta aquas", Tirinus, Gejerus, Michaelis.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To him that stretched out the earth above the waters - Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:9; see the notes at Psalms 24:2.

For his mercy ... - As an illustration of his benignity and kindness in preparing an abode for man, and for other creatures in the world. Whatever there is of life or happiness, on the continents and islands, has resulted from that act of God when “he made the dry land appear.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 136:6. Stretched out the earth above the waters — Or, upon the waters. This seems to refer to a central abyss of waters, the existence of which has not been yet disproved.