Psalms 104:19

What does Psalms 104:19 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 104:19 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

He appointed the moon for seasons: The sun knoweth his going down.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

He appointed the moon for seasons: The sun knoweth his going down.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

He made the moon for a sign of the divisions of the year; teaching the sun the time of its going down.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

He made the moon for seasons, The sun hath known his place of entrance.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Until his word came. The word of the Lord inflamed him.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

He made the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth its going down.

Context

v.18The high mountains are for the wild goats; The rocks are a refuge for the conies.

v.19This passage

v.20Thou makest darkness, and it is night, Wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 31:26

    If I have beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness,

  • Deuteronomy 4:19

    and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Jehovah thy God hath allotted unto all the peoples under the whole heaven.

  • Psalms 8:3

    When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

  • Jeremiah 31:35

    Thus saith Jehovah, who giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirreth up the sea, so that the waves thereof roar; Jehovah of hosts is his name:

  • Psalms 19:6

    His going forth is from the end of the heavens, And his circuit unto the ends of it; And there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

  • Genesis 1:14

    And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years:

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