KJV King James Version
The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
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Psalm 104:22
The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The sun rises, and they withdraw; they lie down in their dens.
WEB World English Bible
The sun rises, and they steal away, and lay down in their dens.
ASV American Standard Version
The sun ariseth, they get them away, And lay them down in their dens.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The sun riseth, they are gathered, And in their dens they crouch.
Surrounding context — Psalm 104
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.
23 Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
24 O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
25 [So is] this great and wide sea, wherein [are] things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
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Job 37:8Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.Job 24:13-17They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.Nahum 3:17Thy 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 3:20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
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