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 · 2000He appointed the moon for seasons: The sun knoweth his going down.
KJV
King James Version · 1611He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901He appointed the moon for seasons: The sun knoweth his going down.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949He 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 · 1862He made the moon for seasons, The sun hath known his place of entrance.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Until his word came. The word of the Lord inflamed him.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890He made the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth its going down.
Context
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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