Psalms 104:20
What does Psalms 104:20 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 104:20 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Thou makest darkness, and it is night, Wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Thou makest darkness, and it is night, Wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949When you make it dark, it is night, when all the beasts of the woods come quietly out of their secret places.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Thou settest darkness, and it is night, In it doth every beast of the forest creep.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The king sent, and he released him: the ruler of the people, and he set him at liberty.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Thou makest darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth:
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 8:22
While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
- Amos 1:13
Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they may enlarge their border.
- Genesis 1:4
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
- Psalms 74:16
The day is thine, the night also is thine: Thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
- Isaiah 45:7
I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil; I am Jehovah, that doeth all these things.
- Psalms 139:10
Even there shall thy hand lead me, And thy right hand shall hold me.
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