Psalm 104:20 “You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the f…”

Psalm 104:20

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.

World English Bible

You make darkness, and it is night, in which all the animals of the forest prowl.

American Standard Version

Thou makest darkness, and it is night, Wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thou makest darkenesse, and it is night, wherein all the beastes of the forest creepe forth.

Darby Translation

Thou makest darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth:

Young's Literal Translation

Thou settest darkness, and it is night, In it doth every beast of the forest creep.

Bible in Basic English

When you make it dark, it is night, when all the beasts of the woods come quietly out of their secret places.

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Cross references

“makest”

Isaiah 45:7 Psalm 74:16 Psalm 139:10–12 Genesis 8:22 Amos 1:13 Genesis 1:4

Isaiah 45:7 · BSB

I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.

Psalm 74:16 · BSB

The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.

Psalm 139:10–12 · BSB

even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast.

Genesis 8:22 · BSB

As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”

Amos 1:13 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of the Ammonites, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their territory.

Genesis 1:4 · BSB

And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.

Also

Psalm 50:10

Psalm 50:10 · BSB

for every beast of the forest is Mine— the cattle on a thousand hills.

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

In context

19He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.

21The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.

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