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Psalms 147:4
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He determines the number of the stars; he gives to all of them their names.
He counteth the nomber of the starres, and calleth them all by their names.
He counts the number of the stars;he gives names to all of them.
He counts the number of the stars. He calls them all by their names.
He counts the stars and knows each of them by name.
He counts the number of the stars; He calls them all by their names.
He counteth the number of the stars; He calleth them all by their names.
He decided how many stars there would be in the sky and gave each one a name.
He determines how many stars there are and calls them all by name.
He counteth the number of the stars; He giveth them all their names.
He telleth the number of the stars: he calleth them all by their names.
He numbers the multitudes of stars; and calls them all by names.
He telleth the number of the stars; he giveth them all their names.
He determines the number of the stars; He calls them each by name.
He counts the number of the stars; he gives names to all of them.
He appoints the number of the stars; He calls to them all by names.
He counts the stars and names each one.
He counts the number of the stars; he names all of them.
He counts the stars and calls them all by name.
He knows the number of the stars. He gives names to all of them.
Counting the number of the stars, To all of them - names, he giveth.
(146-4) Who telleth the number of the stars: and calleth them all by their names.
He counts the number of the stars; he calls them all by their names.
He has decided the number of the stars and calls each one by name.
He counts the number of the stars; He gives names to all of them.
He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.
He counteth the number of the starres: he geueth vnto them all names.
He determines the number of the stars; he gives to all of them their names.
He counteth the number of the stars; he giveth names to them all.
Which noumbrith the multitude of sterris; and clepith names to alle tho.
Appointing the number of the stars, To all them He giveth names.
He counts the number of the stars. He calls them all by their names.
He determines the number of the stars, he gives to all of them their names.
He counts the number of the stars; He calls them all by [their] names.
He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by [their] names.
He sees the number of the stars; he gives them all their names.
He telleth the nombre of the starres, and calleth them all by their names.
He counts the number of the stars; He gives names to all of them.
Who counts the number of the stars;He gives names to all of them.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
He: Psalms 8:3, Psalms 148:3, Genesis 15:5, Isaiah 40:26
Reciprocal: Job 9:9 - maketh Job 38:37 - number Isaiah 48:13 - when
Gill's Notes on the Bible
He telleth the number of the stars,.... Which no man can do exactly; see Genesis 15:5; the ancient astronomers pretended to tell them, as Aratus and Eudoxus o, and fixed their number at a thousand and some odd; but then these were only such as were of some magnitude and influence, and such as commonly appeared; but since the use of telescopes many are seen which were not before; and especially those clusters of them in the Milky Way cannot be distinctly discerned and told; but the Lord that made them can tell their exact number. Aben Ezra thinks this is said with respect to the outcasts of Israel scattered throughout the whole earth, as the stars are in the upper orb; and that as the Lord knows the one, he knows the other; which is not amiss, especially spiritually understood;
he calleth them all by [their] names; not that he calls one Jupiter and another Verus, c. as the Heathens have done but the sense is, that he has as perfect, distinct, and exact knowledge of them, as we have of any persons or things that we can call by name, and more so; see
Isaiah 40:26. This may be applied to the saints, who are like to stars for the light they receive from Christ the sun of righteousness, and are a number which no man can number; but Christ knows them all distinctly and exactly, and can call them by name, and holds them in his right hand, and will preserve them; and they shall shine for ever like stars, yea, like the sun in the kingdom of his Father; so Arama interprets this of the righteous, who are compared to stars; see
Daniel 12:4.
o Vid. Augustin de Civ. Dei, l. 16. c. 23.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
He telleth the number of the stars - He counts them all. God only can do this. The stars are so numerous that no astronomer can count them; they lie so far in the depths of space, and are so remote from each other, that no man can be so presumptuous as to suppose that he has even seen any considerable part of them, even by the aid of the most powerful telescopes.
He calleth them all by their names - As if each one had a name, and God could call them forth one by one by their names, like the muster-roll of an army. This language seems to be taken from Isaiah 40:26 : “Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by numbers; he calleth them all by names, by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.” See the notes at that passage.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 147:4. He telleth the number of the stars — He whose knowledge is so exact as to tell every star in heaven, can be under no difficulty to find out and collect all the scattered exiles of Israel.
