Psalms 104:19

Bible in Basic English (1941)

He made the moon for a sign of the divisions of the year; teaching the sun the time of its going down.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 1:14-18 : 14 And God said, Let there be lights in the arch of heaven, for a division between the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for marking the changes of the year, and for days and for years: 15 And let them be for lights in the arch of heaven to give light on the earth: and it was so. 16 And God made the two great lights: the greater light to be the ruler of the day, and the smaller light to be the ruler of the night: and he made the stars. 17 And God put them in the arch of heaven, to give light on the earth; 18 To have rule over the day and the night, and for a division between the light and the dark: and God saw that it was good.
  • Deut 4:19 : 19 And when your eyes are lifted up to heaven, and you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the army of heaven, do not let yourselves be moved to give them worship, or become the servants of what the Lord has given equally to all peoples under heaven.
  • Job 31:26-28 : 26 If, when I saw the sun shining, and the moon moving on its bright way, 27 A secret feeling of worship came into my heart, and my hand gave kisses from my mouth; 28 That would have been another sin to be rewarded with punishment by the judges; for I would have been false to God on high.
  • Job 38:12 : 12 Have you, from your earliest days, given orders to the morning, or made the dawn conscious of its place;
  • Ps 8:3 : 3 When I see your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have put in their places;
  • Ps 19:6 : 6 His 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.
  • Ps 136:7-9 : 7 To him who made great lights: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 8 The sun to have rule by day: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 9 The moon and the stars to have rule by night: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
  • Jer 31:35 : 35 These are the words of the Lord, who has given the sun for a light by day, ordering the moon and stars for a light by night, who puts the sea in motion, causing the thunder of its waves; the Lord of armies is his name.

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    20When you make it dark, it is night, when all the beasts of the woods come quietly out of their secret places.

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    5The sun comes up and the sun goes down, and goes quickly back to the place where he came up.

  • Ps 74:16-17
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    16The day is yours and the night is yours: you made the light and the sun.

    17By you all the limits of the earth were fixed; you have made summer and winter.

  • Ps 104:22-23
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    22The sun comes up, and they come together, and go back to their secret places to take their rest.

    23Man goes out to his work, and to his business, till the evening.

  • Ps 19:4-6
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    4Their line has gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them has he put a tent for the sun,

    5Who is like a newly married man coming from his bride-tent, and is glad like a strong runner starting on his way.

    6His 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.

  • Ps 136:8-9
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    8The sun to have rule by day: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

    9The moon and the stars to have rule by night: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

  • Jer 31:35
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    35These are the words of the Lord, who has given the sun for a light by day, ordering the moon and stars for a light by night, who puts the sea in motion, causing the thunder of its waves; the Lord of armies is his name.

  • Deut 33:14
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    14And the good things of the fruits of the sun, and the good things of the growth of the moons,

  • Gen 1:14-18
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    14And God said, Let there be lights in the arch of heaven, for a division between the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for marking the changes of the year, and for days and for years:

    15And let them be for lights in the arch of heaven to give light on the earth: and it was so.

    16And God made the two great lights: the greater light to be the ruler of the day, and the smaller light to be the ruler of the night: and he made the stars.

    17And God put them in the arch of heaven, to give light on the earth;

    18To have rule over the day and the night, and for a division between the light and the dark: and God saw that it was good.

  • Ps 19:1-2
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    71%

    1<To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> The heavens are sounding the glory of God; the arch of the sky makes clear the work of his hands.

    2Day after day it sends out its word, and night after night it gives knowledge.

  • Ps 121:6
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    6You will not be touched by the sun in the day, or by the moon at night.

  • Job 9:7-9
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    7Who gives orders to the sun, and it does not give its light; and who keeps the stars from shining.

    8By whose hand the heavens were stretched out, and who is walking on the waves of the sea:

    9Who made the Bear and Orion, and the Pleiades, and the store-houses of the south:

  • Job 26:10
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    10By him a circle is marked out on the face of the waters, to the limits of the light and the dark.

  • Ps 104:8-9
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    8The mountains came up and the valleys went down into the place which you had made ready for them.

    9You made a limit over which they might not go, so that the earth would never again be covered by them.

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    3When I see your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have put in their places;

  • Job 38:12
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    12Have you, from your earliest days, given orders to the morning, or made the dawn conscious of its place;

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    26If, when I saw the sun shining, and the moon moving on its bright way,

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    2While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are not dark, and the clouds come not back after the rain;

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    18The high hills are a safe place for the mountain goats, and the rocks for the small beasts.

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    10For the stars of heaven and its bright armies will not give their light: the sun will be made dark in his journey through the heaven, and the moon will keep back her light.

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    3Give praise to him, you sun and moon: give praise to him, all you stars of light.

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    37It will be fixed for ever like the moon; and the witness in heaven is true. (Selah.)

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    15Have you knowledge of God's ordering of his works, how he makes the light of his cloud to be seen?

    16Have you knowledge of the balancings of the clouds, the wonders of him who has all wisdom?

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    12They are changing night into day; they say, The light is near the dark.

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    1<A Psalm. Of Asaph.> The God of gods, even the Lord, has sent out his voice, and the earth is full of fear; from the coming up of the sun to its going down.

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    11At the light of your arrows they went away, at the shining of your polished spear.

  • Prov 3:19-20
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    19The Lord by wisdom put in position the bases of the earth; by reason he put the heavens in their place.

    20By his knowledge the deep was parted, and dew came dropping from the skies.

  • Eccl 11:7
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    7Truly the light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.

  • Ps 65:8
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    8Those in the farthest parts of the earth have fear when they see your signs: the outgoings of the morning and evening are glad because of you.