Psalm 104:19 “He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.”

Psalm 104:19

He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

He appointed the moon for seasons: The sun knoweth his going down.

Geneva Bible 1599

He appoynted the moone for certaine seasons: the sunne knoweth his going downe.

Darby Translation

He made the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth its going down.

Young's Literal Translation

He made the moon for seasons, The sun hath known his place of entrance.

Bible in Basic English

He made the moon for a sign of the divisions of the year; teaching the sun the time of its going down.

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Cross references

“He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.”

Genesis 1:14–18 Jeremiah 31:35 Psalm 136:7–9 Psalm 8:3 Job 38:12 Job 31:26–28

Genesis 1:14–18 · BSB

And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.

Jeremiah 31:35 · BSB

Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name:

Psalm 136:7–9 · BSB

He made the great lights— His loving devotion endures forever.

Psalm 8:3 · BSB

When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—

Job 38:12 · BSB

In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,

Job 31:26–28 · BSB

if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,

Also

Psalm 19:6

Psalm 19:6 · BSB

it rises at one end of the heavens and runs its circuit to the other; nothing is deprived of its warmth.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

20You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.

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