Psalms 104:20
18 The high mountains are for the wild goats, the cliffs a refuge for the rock badgers.
19 He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.
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.
22 The sun rises, and they withdraw; they lie down in their dens.
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Compare
- BSB
- You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.
- KJV
- Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
- WEB
- You make darkness, and it is night, in which all the animals of the forest prowl.
- ASV
- Thou makest darkness, and it is night, Wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth.
- DARBY
- Thou makest darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth:
- BLB
- You make darkness, and it becomes night; in it all the living [things] of the forest creep about.
- ÅB
- Du gjør mørke, og det blir natt; i den rører seg alle dyrene i skogen.
- OTB
- Du bringer mørke, og det blir natt,
Da rører alle skogens dyr seg. - B1930
- Du gjør mørke, og det blir natt; i den rører sig alle dyrene i skogen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 45:7
I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.
Read in contextPsalms 74:16
The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.
Read in contextGenesis 1:4–5
And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.
Read in contextGenesis 8:22
As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”
Read in contextPsalms 50:10
for every beast of the forest is Mine— the cattle on a thousand hills.
Read in contextPsalms 139:10–12
even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast.
Read in contextAmos 1:13
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of the Ammonites, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their territory.
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