Psalms 74:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The day is yours and the night is yours: you made the light and the sun.

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Referenced Verses

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 19:1-6 : 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. 2 Day after day it sends out its word, and night after night it gives knowledge. 3 There are no words or language; their voice makes no sound. 4 Their 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, 5 Who is like a newly married man coming from his bride-tent, and is glad like a strong runner starting on his way. 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 104:19 : 19 He made the moon for a sign of the divisions of the year; teaching the sun the time of its going down.
  • Matt 5:45 : 45 So that you may be the sons of your Father in heaven; for his sun gives light to the evil and to the good, and he sends rain on the upright man and on the sinner.
  • Gen 1:3-5 : 3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4 And God, looking on the light, saw that it was good: and God made a division between the light and the dark, 5 Naming the light, Day, and the dark, Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 74:17
    81%

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

  • Ps 74:15
    76%

    15 You made valleys for fountains and springs; you made the ever-flowing rivers dry.

  • Ps 139:11-12
    2 verses
    76%

    11 If I say, Only let me be covered by the dark, and the light about me be night;

    12 Even the dark is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day: for dark and light are the same to you.

  • Ps 89:11-12
    2 verses
    75%

    11 Yours are the heavens, and the earth is yours; you have made the world, and everything which is in it.

    12 You have made the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon are sounding with joy at your name.

  • Job 38:12
    74%

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

  • Ps 121:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5 The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade on your right hand.

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

  • Ps 104:19-20
    2 verses
    74%

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

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

  • Ps 136:8
    73%

    8 The sun to have rule by day: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

  • Job 17:12
    73%

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

  • Job 26:10
    72%

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

  • Ps 104:2
    72%

    2 You are clothed with light as with a robe; stretching out the heavens like a curtain:

  • Gen 1:16-18
    3 verses
    71%

    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.

  • Gen 1:14
    71%

    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:

  • Eccl 11:7
    71%

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

  • Eccl 1:5
    70%

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

  • Ps 37:6
    70%

    6 And he will make your righteousness be seen like the light, and your cause like the shining of the sun.

  • Ps 65:8
    70%

    8 Those 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.

  • Jer 31:35
    70%

    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.

  • Ps 118:24
    70%

    24 This is the day which the Lord has made; we will be full of joy and delight in it.

  • Ps 102:25
    70%

    25 In the past you put the earth on its base, and the heavens are the work of your hands.

  • Eccl 12:2
    70%

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

  • 2 Sam 22:29
    70%

    29 For you are my light, O Lord; and the Lord will make the dark bright for me.

  • Ps 8:3
    70%

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

  • Ps 19:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    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.

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

  • Heb 1:10
    70%

    10 You, Lord, at the first did put the earth on its base, and the heavens are the works of your hands:

  • Ps 78:14
    69%

    14 In the daytime he was guiding them in the cloud, and all through the night with a light of fire.

  • Ps 115:16
    69%

    16 The heavens are the Lord's; but the earth he has given to the children of men.

  • Job 11:17
    69%

    17 And your life will be brighter than day; though it is dark, it will become like the morning.

  • Ps 18:28
    69%

    28 You, O Lord, will be my light; by you, my God, the dark will be made bright for me.

  • Ps 19:4
    69%

    4 Their 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,

  • Isa 60:19-20
    2 verses
    69%

    19 The sun will not be your light by day, and the moon will no longer be bright for you by night: but the Lord will be to you an eternal light, and your God your glory.

    20 Your sun will never again go down, or your moon keep back her light: for the Lord will be your eternal light, and the days of your sorrow will be ended.

  • Ps 50:1
    69%

    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.

  • Ps 24:1
    69%

    1 <A Psalm. Of David.> The earth is the Lord's, with all its wealth; the world and all the people living in it.

  • Zech 14:7
    68%

    7 And it will be unbroken day, such as the Lord has knowledge of, without change of day and night, and even at nightfall it will be light.

  • Ps 90:4
    68%

    4 For to you a thousand years are no more than yesterday when it is past, and like a watch in the night.

  • Gen 1:5
    68%

    5 Naming the light, Day, and the dark, Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

  • Ps 36:9
    68%

    9 For with you is the fountain of life: in your light we will see light.

  • Ps 148:3
    68%

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

  • Prov 16:4
    68%

    4 The Lord has made everything for his purpose, even the sinner for the day of evil.

  • Ps 77:18
    68%

    18 The voice of your thunder went rolling on; the world was flaming with the light of the storm; the earth was shaking.

  • Ps 92:4
    68%

    4 For you, O Lord, have made me glad through your work; I will have joy in the works of your hands.

  • Job 37:15
    68%

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