Psalms 136 · Verse 15

Psalms 136:15

But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms 136:15, King James Version

Psalms 136:15 in other translations

BSBbut swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea. His loving devotion endures forever.
WEBbut overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea, for his loving kindness endures forever;
ASVBut overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever:
YLTAnd shook out Pharaoh and his force in the sea of Suph, For to the age is His kindness.
DARBYAnd overturned Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;
BBEBy him Pharaoh and his army were overturned in the Red Sea: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
WebsterBut overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever.

What does Psalms 136:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
15. overthrew--literally, "shook off," as in Ex 14:27, as a contemptuous rejection of a reptile.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 136:10-22

The great things God did for Israel, when he brought them out of Egypt, were mercies which endured long to them; and our redemption by Christ, which was typified thereby, endures for ever. It is good to enter into the history of God's favours, and in each to observe, and own, that his mercy endureth for ever. He put them in possession of a good land; it was a figure of the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Psalms 136:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְנִ֘עֵ֤רve.Ni.'Erand he shook offH5287
פַּרְעֹ֣הpar.'OhPharaohH6547
וְחֵיל֣וֹve.chei.Loand army hisH2428
בְיַם\־ve.yam-in [the] sea ofH3220
ס֑וּףSufreed[s]H5488
כִּ֖יkiforH3588
לְעוֹלָ֣םle.'o.Lam[is] for everH5769
חַסְדּֽוֹ\׃chas.Docovenant loyalty hisH2617

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 136:15

  • Psalms 78:53

    And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

  • Psalms 135:9

    Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants.

  • Nehemiah 9:10-11

    And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day. And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.

  • Psalms 65:5

    By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:

  • Exodus 15:10-13

    Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters. Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them. Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.

  • Exodus 14:27-28

    And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.

  • Psalms 79:6-9

    Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name. For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place. O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low. Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name’s sake.

  • Luke 1:71-74

    That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; The oath which he sware to our father Abraham, That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,

  • Exodus 15:4-5

    Pharaoh’s chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea. The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.

  • Psalms 143:12

    And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
But overthrew. Heb. But shaked off.
78:53; 135:9; Ex 14:27,28; 15:4,5,10,11; Ne 9:10,11
for his mercy.
65:5; 79:6-9; 143:12; Ex 15:12,13; Lu 1:71-74

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Context

  • Psalms 136:14

    And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy endureth for ever:

  • Psalms 136:15

    But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever.

  • Psalms 136:16

    To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever.

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Psalms 136:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y arrojó á Faraón y á su ejército en el mar Bermejo, porque para siempre es su misericordia.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et a précipité le Pharaon et son armée dans la mer Rouge, car sa bonté demeure à toujours;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und den Pharao und sein Heer ins Schilfmeer stürzte, denn seine Güte währt ewiglich;