Psalms 19:6
What does Psalms 19:6 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 19:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Psalms 19:6 means
This verse describes the sun's extensive and all-encompassing daily journey across the sky. Its rising point at one end of the heavens initiates a grand circuit that spans to its very opposite end. This imagery emphasizes the sun's complete dominion over the daytime sky. Consequently, there's no part of the earth or atmosphere that remains untouched by its warmth and light. Its pervasive heat signifies its inescapable influence and universal presence, mirroring the pervasive knowledge of God's glory that creation declares.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000His 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901His 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949His going out is from the end of the heaven, and his circle to the ends of it; there is nothing which is not open to his heat.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862From the end of the heavens <FI>is<Fi> his going out, And his revolution <FI>is<Fi> unto their ends, And nothing is hid from his heat.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752We will rejoice in thy salvation; and in the name of our God we shall be exalted.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890His 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.
Context
Building on the previous verse's depiction of the sun's joyful and powerful emergence, this verse details the *scope* of its daily journey. It emphasizes the sun's vast circuit across the heavens and its all-pervasive heat. This universal reach of the sun's influence serves as a powerful illustration of the global reach of God's glory revealed in creation, thereby concluding the first major section of the psalm concerning general revelation.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 113:3
From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same Jehovah’s name is to be praised.
- Psalms 139:9
If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
- Job 22:14
Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he seeth not; And he walketh on the vault of heaven.
- Job 25:3
Is there any number of his armies? And upon whom doth not his light arise?
- Colossians 1:23
if so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven; whereof I Paul was made a minister.
- Ecclesiastes 1:5
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to its place where it ariseth.
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