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Psalms 74:16

The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

KJV

The day is thine, the night also is thine: Thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

ASV

לְ/ךָ֣ י֭וֹם אַף לְ/ךָ֥ לָ֑יְלָה אַתָּ֥ה הֲ֝כִינ֗וֹתָ מָא֥וֹר וָ/שָֽׁמֶשׁ

Hebrew

Thine is the day, also Thine is the night, Thou hast prepared a light giver--the sun.

YLT

The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַף
'p
adverb · 133×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
לָ֑יְלָה
lylh
noun · 234×
מָּא֑וֹר
m'vr
noun · 19×
נָכ֣וֹן
nkvn
verb · 217×
שָּֽׁמֶשׁ
shmsh
noun · 132×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 4:6 — For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
  • Deut 4:19 — And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD
  • Gen 1:3 — And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
  • 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 1:14 — And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
  • Gen 1:14 — And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
  • Gen 1:16 — And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
  • Gen 8:22 — While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
  • Jer 33:25 — Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;
  • Job 38:12 — Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
  • Josh 10:12 — Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, i
  • Josh 10:13 — And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and
  • Matt 5:45 — That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
  • Ps 19:1 — The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
  • Ps 19:2 — Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
  • 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 104:19 — He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
  • Ps 104:20 — Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
  • Ps 136:7 — To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:
  • Ps 139:9 — If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;