Psalms 104:23
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.
Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until evening.
24 How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.
25 Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both great and small.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until evening.
- KJV
- Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
- WEB
- Man goes out to his work, to his labor until the evening.
- ASV
- Man goeth forth unto his work And to his labor until the evening.
- DARBY
- Man goeth forth unto his work, and to his labour until the evening.
- BLB
- Man goes out to his work, and to his labor until the evening.
- ÅB
- Mennesket går ut til sin gjerning og til sitt arbeid inntil kvelden.
- OTB
- Et menneske går ut til sitt arbeid
Og til sin gjerning til kvelden. - B1930
- Mennesket går ut til sin gjerning og til sitt arbeid inntil aftenen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 3:19
By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
Read in contextEphesians 4:28
He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 5:12
The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.
Read in contextJudges 19:16
That evening an old man from the hill country of Ephraim, who was residing in Gibeah (the men of that place were Benjamites), came in from his work in the field.
Read in context2 Thessalonians 3:8–12
nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you.
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