Psalms 104:20
Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
†Thou makest darknesse, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forrest doe creepe forth.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. all the beasts thereof doe trample on the forrest.
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- Isaiah 45:7Rank 1 from verse 20
- Psalms 74:16Rank 2 from verse 20
13¶ Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:
13¶ Thus sayth the LORD, For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for foure, I wil not turne away the punishment thereof; because they haue ‖ript vp the women with childe of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border.
- Genesis 1:4–5Rank 4 from verse 20
4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God diuided the †light from the darkenesse.
5And God called the light, Day, and the darknesse he called Night: †and the euening and the morning were the first day.
- Genesis 8:22Rank 5 from verse 20
- Psalms 139:10–12Rank 6 from verse 20
10Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
11If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
12Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
10Euen there shall thy hand leade me: and thy right hand shall hold me.
11*If I say, Surely the darkenes shall couer me: euen the night shall bee light about me.
12††Yea the darkenesse hideth not from thee, but the night shineth as the day: the darknes and the light are both alike to thee.
- Psalms 50:10Rank 7 from verse 20
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Psalms 104:20
The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: Absence of light. Sense 2: Obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.
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1. The dark part of the daily cycle distinguished from day, from evening until morning, or any portion of it. 2. A time or condition compared with night or darkness.
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In what or which place, thing, time, state, action, respect, or matter.
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To move with the belly on the ground, or the surface of any other body, as a worm or serpent without legs, or as many insects with feet and very short legs; to crawl.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. Outward, away, or forward from a place, person, possession, or former position. 2. In constructions of bearing or producing, into birth, growth, fruit, or another stated result. 3. With verbs such as put, stretch, spread, or reach, outward by extension or exertion. 4. In constructions of showing, speaking, issuing, or displaying, into view, expression, publication, or effect. 5. Onward from a stated time or point, as in from that time forth.
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20Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
20†Thou makest darknesse, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forrest doe creepe forth.
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