KJV King James Version
He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
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Psalm 104:19
He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.
WEB World English Bible
He appointed the moon for seasons. The sun knows when to set.
ASV American Standard Version
He appointed the moon for seasons: The sun knoweth his going down.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
He made the moon for seasons, The sun hath known his place of entrance.
Surrounding context — Psalm 104
16 The trees of the LORD are full [of sap]; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;
17 Where the birds make their nests: [as for] the stork, the fir trees [are] her house.
18 The high hills [are] a refuge for the wild goats; [and] the rocks for the conies.
19 He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep [forth].
21 The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
22 The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
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Genesis 1:14-18And 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:Jeremiah 31:35Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, [and] the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts [is] his name:Psalm 136:7-9To him that made great lights: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:Job 38:12Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; [and] caused the dayspring to know his place;Psalm 19:6His going forth [is] from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.Psalm 8:3When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;Job 31:26-28If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking [in] brightness;Deuteronomy 4:19And 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 thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
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