Psalms 104:22

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תִּזְרַ֣ח הַ֭שֶּׁמֶשׁ יֵאָסֵפ֑וּן וְאֶל־מְ֝עוֹנֹתָ֗ם יִרְבָּצֽוּן׃

Transliteration

tizraḥ hashshemesh yēʾāsēphûn wĕʾel-mĕʿônōtām yirbāṣûn

Grammar Details

*tizraḥ*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it rises
*hashshemesh*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the sun
*yēʾāsēphûn*: verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person plural with paragogic nun - they gather themselves
*wĕʾel*: conjunction + preposition - and to
*mĕʿônōtām*: noun, feminine plural construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their dens
*yirbāṣûn*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person plural with paragogic nun - they lie down

Word Meanings

*tizraḥ*: rises, shines, appears
*hashshemesh*: the sun, the sunlight
*yēʾāsēphûn*: gather themselves, are gathered, withdraw
*mĕʿônōtām*: their dens, their lairs, their dwellings
*yirbāṣûn*: lie down, rest, crouch

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Referenced Verses

Job 37:8 : 8 Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.
Nah 3:17 : 17 Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
John 3:20 : 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
Job 24:13-17 : 13 They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof. 14 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief. 15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face. 16 In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light. 17 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 104:18-21
4 verses
79%
18The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
19He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
20Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
21The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
Job 38:39-40
2 verses
78%
39Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
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Job 37:8
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8Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.
Ps 104:23
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23Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
Eccl 1:5
72%
5The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
Ps 17:11-12
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70%
11They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
12Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
Job 24:5
70%
5Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
Nah 2:11-12
2 verses
70%
11Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?
12The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.
Ps 104:7-8
2 verses
70%
7At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
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Job 24:16-17
2 verses
69%
16In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
17For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
Isa 5:29
69%
29Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.
Ps 22:13
69%
13They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
Job 39:3-4
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3They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
4Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
Job 14:12
68%
12So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
Job 30:6-7
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6To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.
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Job 40:20-21
2 verses
68%
20Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
21He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
Dan 6:19
68%
19Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions.
Ps 104:27
68%
27These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.
Ps 104:29
68%
29Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
Job 6:17
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17What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
Job 17:12
68%
12They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
Job 7:4
68%
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Job 4:10-11
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68%
10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
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Ps 19:4
67%
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67%
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Ps 104:11-12
2 verses
67%
11They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.
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Job 5:14
67%
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Ps 59:14-15
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14And at evening let them return{H8799)}; and let them make a noise{H8799)} like a dog, and go round about{H8779)} the city.
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Ezek 19:6
66%
6And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.
Amos 3:4
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4Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
Job 24:14
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Ps 74:16
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16The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared{H8689)} the light and the sun.
Ps 10:9
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Prov 4:16
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16For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
Job 21:26
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Hab 1:15
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