Psalms 104:19
17 where the birds build their nests; the stork makes her home in the cypresses.
18 The high mountains are for the wild goats, the cliffs a refuge for the rock badgers.
He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.
20 You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.
21 The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.
- KJV
- He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
- WEB
- He appointed the moon for seasons. The sun knows when to set.
- ASV
- He appointed the moon for seasons: The sun knoweth his going down.
- DARBY
- He made the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth its going down.
- BLB
- He made the moon for appointed times; the sun knows its entrance.
- ÅB
- Han gjorde månen til å fastsette tidene; solen kjenner sin nedgangstid.
- OTB
- Han skapte månen til å fastsette tider;
Solen vet hvor den skal gå ned. - B1930
- Han gjorde månen til å fastsette tidene; solen kjenner sin nedgangstid.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 1:14–18
And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.
Read in contextJeremiah 31:35
Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name:
Read in contextPsalms 136:7–9
He made the great lights— His loving devotion endures forever.
Read in contextPsalms 8:3
When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—
Read in contextJob 38:12
In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,
Read in contextPsalms 19:6
it rises at one end of the heavens and runs its circuit to the other; nothing is deprived of its warmth.
Read in contextJob 31:26–28
if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,
Read in contextDeuteronomy 4:19
When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.
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