Lectionary Calendar
Wednesday, November 27th, 2024
the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
Attention!
For 10¢ a day you can enjoy StudyLight.org ads
free while helping to build churches and support pastors in Uganda.
Click here to learn more!

Read the Bible

Brenton's Septuagint

Psalms 104:20

Thou didst make darkness, and it was night; in it all the wild beasts of the forest will be abroad:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Animals;   Blessing;   Creeping Things;   God;   Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena;   Thompson Chain Reference - Darkness;   Light-Darkness;   The Topic Concordance - God;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Darkness;   Forests;   Night;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Providence;   Psalms, the Book of;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Creation;   Nature;   Revelation;   Weather;   Work;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Animals;   Thankfulness, Thanksgiving;   World;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Lion;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Creeping Things;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hallelujah;   Kingdom of God;   Life;   Nature;   Praise;   Providence;   Psalms;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Gallery;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Creeping Thing;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for March 21;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
You send the darkness, and it becomes night, when all the forest animals prowl about.
English Revised Version
Thou makest darkness, and it is night; Wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
Update Bible Version
You make darkness, and it is night, Wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth.
New Century Version
You make it dark, and it becomes night. Then all the wild animals creep around.
New English Translation
You make it dark and night comes, during which all the beasts of the forest prowl around.
Webster's Bible Translation
Thou makest darkness, and it is night: in which all the beasts of the forest do creep [forth].
World English Bible
You make darkness, and it is night, In which all the animals of the forest prowl.
Amplified Bible
You [O LORD] make darkness and it becomes night, In which prowls about every wild beast of the forest.
English Standard Version
You make darkness, and it is night, when all the beasts of the forest creep about.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thou hast set derknessis, and nyyt is maad; alle beestis of the wode schulen go ther ynne.
Berean Standard Bible
You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.
Contemporary English Version
and you made the darkness, so the animals in the forest could come out at night.
American Standard Version
Thou makest darkness, and it is night, Wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth.
Bible in Basic English
When you make it dark, it is night, when all the beasts of the woods come quietly out of their secret places.
Complete Jewish Bible
You bring darkness, and it is night, the time when all forest animals prowl.
Darby Translation
Thou makest darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth:
Easy-to-Read Version
You made darkness to be the night— the time when wild animals come out and roam around.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thou makest darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
King James Version (1611)
Thou makest darknesse, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forrest doe creepe forth.
New Life Bible
You make darkness and it becomes night. Then all the wild animals among the trees come out.
New Revised Standard
You make darkness, and it is night, when all the animals of the forest come creeping out.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thou makest darkenesse, and it is night, wherein all the beastes of the forest creepe forth.
George Lamsa Translation
He makes darkness and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth.
Good News Translation
You made the night, and in the darkness all the wild animals come out.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thou causest darkness, and it becometh night, Therein, creepeth forth, Every wild beast of the forest;
Douay-Rheims Bible
(103-20) Thou hast appointed darkness, and it is night: in it shall all the beasts of the woods go about:
Revised Standard Version
Thou makest darkness, and it is night, when all the beasts of the forest creep forth.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou makest darknes and it is night: wherein all the beastes of the forrest do go abrode.
Christian Standard Bible®
You bring darkness, and it becomes night,when all the forest animals stir.
Hebrew Names Version
You make darkness, and it is night, In which all the animals of the forest prowl.
King James Version
Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
Lexham English Bible
You make darkness, and it is night, when all the animals of the forest creep about.
Literal Translation
You put darkness, and it is night; in it all the forest animals creep.
Young's Literal Translation
Thou settest darkness, and it is night, In it doth every beast of the forest creep.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou makest darcknesse, that it maye be night, wherin all the beastes of the forest do moue.
THE MESSAGE
class="poetry"> O my soul, bless God ! God , my God, how great you are! beautifully, gloriously robed, Dressed up in sunshine, and all heaven stretched out for your tent. You built your palace on the ocean deeps, made a chariot out of clouds and took off on wind-wings. You commandeered winds as messengers, appointed fire and flame as ambassadors. You set earth on a firm foundation so that nothing can shake it, ever. You blanketed earth with ocean, covered the mountains with deep waters; Then you roared and the water ran away— your thunder crash put it to flight. Mountains pushed up, valleys spread out in the places you assigned them. You set boundaries between earth and sea; never again will earth be flooded. You started the springs and rivers, sent them flowing among the hills. All the wild animals now drink their fill, wild donkeys quench their thirst. Along the riverbanks the birds build nests, ravens make their voices heard. You water the mountains from your heavenly cisterns; earth is supplied with plenty of water. You make grass grow for the livestock, hay for the animals that plow the ground. Oh yes, God brings grain from the land, wine to make people happy, Their faces glowing with health, a people well-fed and hearty. God 's trees are well-watered— the Lebanon cedars he planted. Birds build their nests in those trees; look—the stork at home in the treetop. Mountain goats climb about the cliffs; badgers burrow among the rocks. The moon keeps track of the seasons, the sun is in charge of each day. When it's dark and night takes over, all the forest creatures come out. The young lions roar for their prey, clamoring to God for their supper. When the sun comes up, they vanish, lazily stretched out in their dens. Meanwhile, men and women go out to work, busy at their jobs until evening. What a wildly wonderful world, God ! You made it all, with Wisdom at your side, made earth overflow with your wonderful creations. Oh, look—the deep, wide sea, brimming with fish past counting, sardines and sharks and salmon. Ships plow those waters, and Leviathan, your pet dragon, romps in them. All the creatures look expectantly to you to give them their meals on time. You come, and they gather around; you open your hand and they eat from it. If you turned your back, they'd die in a minute— Take back your Spirit and they die, revert to original mud; Send out your Spirit and they spring to life— the whole countryside in bloom and blossom. The glory of God —let it last forever! Let God enjoy his creation! He takes one look at earth and triggers an earthquake, points a finger at the mountains, and volcanoes erupt. Oh, let me sing to God all my life long, sing hymns to my God as long as I live! Oh, let my song please him; I'm so pleased to be singing to God . But clear the ground of sinners— no more godless men and women! O my soul, bless God !
New American Standard Bible
You appoint darkness and it becomes night, In which all the animals of the forest prowl about.
New King James Version
You make darkness, and it is night, In which all the beasts of the forest creep about.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
You appoint darkness and it becomes night, In which all the beasts of the forest prowl about.
Legacy Standard Bible
You appoint darkness so that it becomes night,In which all the beasts of the forest creep about.

Contextual Overview

19 He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knows his going down. 20 Thou didst make darkness, and it was night; in it all the wild beasts of the forest will be abroad: 21 even young lions roaring for prey, and to seek meat for themselves from God. 22 The sun arises, and they shall be gathered together, and shall lie down in their dens. 23 Man shall go forth to his work, and to his labour till evening. 24 How great are thy works, O Lord! in wisdom hast thou wrought them all: the earth is filled with thy creation. 25 So is this great and wide sea: there are things creeping innumerable, small animals and great. 26 There go the ships; and this dragon whom thou hast made to play in it. 27 All wait upon thee, to give them their food in due season. 28 When thou hast given it them, they will gather it; and when thou hast opened thine hand, they shall all be filled with good.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

makest: Psalms 74:16, Psalms 139:10-12, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 8:22, Isaiah 45:7, Amos 1:13

of the forest do creep forth: Heb. thereof do trample on the forest

Reciprocal: Genesis 1:14 - Let there Genesis 1:26 - have dominion Genesis 9:2 - General Job 38:19 - darkness Psalms 65:8 - outgoings Jeremiah 5:6 - and a wolf Amos 5:8 - maketh

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thou makest darkness, and it is night,.... The darkness was before the light, and the night before the day, Genesis 1:2 and now the darkness and night are made by the setting of the sun before mentioned; see Isaiah 45:7.

Wherein all the beasts of the field do creep forth; out of their dens, and range about for their prey, as the evening wolves and others: and these are not the only creatures that choose the night and darkness; all wicked men do the same; whose deeds are evil, and do not care to come to the light, lest they should be reproved; particularly drunkards, adulterers, thieves, and murderers, John 3:20. So the Scribes and Pharisees, when they consulted to take away the life of Christ, and agreed with Judas to betray him, did it in the night: so false teachers, who are wolves in sheep's clothing, when it is a night of darkness with the church, take the advantage of it, to creep about and spread their pernicious doctrines; see 2 Timothy 3:6.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou makest darkness, and it is night - Thou hast made arrangements for the return of night - for the alternations of day and night. The Hebrew word rendered “makest,” means “to place;” and the idea is, that God constitutes the darkness, or so disposes things that it occurs.

Wherein all the beasts of the forest - The margin is, “the beasts thereof do trample on the forest.” The reference is to the beasts which seek their prey at night.

Do creep forth - The Hebrew word used here means properly “to creep,” as the smaller animals do, which have feet, as mice, lizards, crabs, or as those do which glide or drag themselves upon the ground, having no feet, as worms and serpents. Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:30; Genesis 9:2. The allusion here is to the quiet and noiseless manner in which the animals come forth at night in search of their prey, or seem to crawl out of their hiding-places - the places where they conceal themselves in the day-time. The idea is, that the arrangements which God has made in regard to day and night are wisely adapted to the animals which he has placed on the earth. The earth is full of animated beings, accomplishing by day and night the purposes of their existence.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 104:20. Thou makest darkness — It is not the design of God that there should be either constant darkness or constant light. That man may labour, he gives him, by means of the sun, the light of the day; and that he may rest from his labour, and get his strength recruited, he gives him night, and comparative darkness. And as it would not be convenient for man and the wild beasts of the forest to collect their food at the same time, he has given the night to them as the proper time to procure their prey, and the day to rest in. When MAN labours, THEY rest; when MAN rests, THEY labour.


 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile