Psalms 104:19

World English Bible (2000)

He appointed the moon for seasons. The sun knows when to set.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 1:14-18 : 14 God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years; 15 and let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth;" and it was so. 16 God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars. 17 God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth, 18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.
  • Deut 4:19 : 19 and lest you lift up your eyes to the sky, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the army of the sky, you are drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Yahweh your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole sky.
  • Job 31:26-28 : 26 if I have seen the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor, 27 and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth, 28 this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges; for I should have denied the God who is above.
  • Job 38:12 : 12 "Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn to know its place;
  • Ps 8:3 : 3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;
  • Ps 19:6 : 6 His going forth is from the end of the heavens, his circuit to its ends; There is nothing hidden from its heat.
  • Ps 136:7-9 : 7 To him who made the great lights; for his loving kindness endures forever: 8 The sun to rule by day; for his loving kindness endures forever; 9 The moon and stars to rule by night; for his loving kindness endures forever:
  • Jer 31:35 : 35 Thus says Yahweh, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, so that its waves roar; Yahweh of Armies is his name:

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    20You make darkness, and it is night, in which all the animals of the forest prowl.

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    5The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.

  • Ps 74:16-17
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    16The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.

    17You have set all the boundaries of the earth. You have made summer and winter.

  • Ps 104:22-23
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    22The sun rises, and they steal away, and lay down in their dens.

    23Man goes forth to his work, to his labor until the evening.

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

    5which is as a bridegroom coming out of his room, like a strong man rejoicing to run his course.

    6His going forth is from the end of the heavens, his circuit to its ends; There is nothing hidden from its heat.

  • Ps 136:8-9
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    8The sun to rule by day; for his loving kindness endures forever;

    9The moon and stars to rule by night; for his loving kindness endures forever:

  • Jer 31:35
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    35Thus says Yahweh, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, so that its waves roar; Yahweh of Armies is his name:

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    14for the precious things of the fruits of the sun, for the precious things of the growth of the moons,

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    14God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;

    15and let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth;" and it was so.

    16God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.

    17God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth,

    18and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.

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    1The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows his handiwork.

    2Day after day they pour forth speech, and night after night they display knowledge.

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    6The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.

  • Job 9:7-9
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    7He commands the sun, and it doesn't rise, and seals up the stars.

    8He alone stretches out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea.

    9He makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the rooms of the south.

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    10He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.

  • Ps 104:8-9
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    8The mountains rose, the valleys sank down, to the place which you had assigned to them.

    9You have set a boundary that they may not pass over; that they don't turn again to cover the earth.

  • Ps 8:3
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    3When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;

  • Job 38:12
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    12"Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn to know its place;

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    26if I have seen the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor,

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    2Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;

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    18The high mountains are for the wild goats. The rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.

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    11The sun and moon stood still in the sky, at the light of your arrows as they went, at the shining of your glittering spear.

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    19By wisdom Yahweh founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens.

    20By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.

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    7Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to see the sun.

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