Psalms 104:20
Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
KJV
Misit rex, et solvit eum ; princeps populorum, et dimisit eum.
Vulgate
ἐξαπέστειλεν βασιλεὺς καὶ ἔλυσεν αὐτόν, ἄρχων λαῶν, καὶ ἀφῆκεν αὐτόν·
LXX
Thou makest darkness, and it is night, Wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth.
ASV
תָּֽשֶׁת חֹ֭שֶׁךְ וִ֣/יהִי לָ֑יְלָה בּֽ/וֹ תִ֝רְמֹ֗שׂ כָּל חַיְת/וֹ יָֽעַר
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
הוּ
hv
verb · 85×
חַי
chy
verb · 502×
חֹ֔שֶׁךְ
chshk
noun · 80×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יַ֥עַר
y'r
noun · 58×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
לָ֑יְלָה
lylh
noun · 234×
רֹמֵ֥שׂ
rmsh
verb · 17×
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Amos 5:8 — Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon
- Gen 1:5 — And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
- Gen 1:26 — And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over
- Isa 45:7 — I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
- Isa 45:7 — I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
- Jer 5:6 — Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: becau
- Job 38:19 — Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
- Ps 65:8 — They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.
- Ps 74:16 — The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.