Psalms 136:17
To Him smiting great kings, For to the age [is] His kindness.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:
In Context
16To Him leading His people in a wilderness, For to the age [is] His kindness.
18Yea, He doth slay honourable kings, For to the age [is] His kindness.
Cross References
Joshua 12:1And these [are] kings of the land whom the sons of Israel have smitten, and possess their land, beyond the Jordan, at the sun-rising, from the brook Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain eastward.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 136:11-23
Divine Mercy Celebrated. 10 To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever: 11 And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth for ever: 12 With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever. 13 To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever: 14 And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy endureth for ever: 15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever.… Read the whole commentary →