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Psalms 104:22

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The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
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  1. Job 37:8Rank 1 from verse 22
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    8Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.

  2. Job 24:13–17Rank 2 from verse 22
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    13They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

    14The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

    15The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.

    16In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.

    17For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.

  3. John 3:20Rank 3 from verse 22
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    20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

  4. Nahum 3:17Rank 4 from verse 22
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    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.

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Psalms 104:22

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sun

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The great light that rules the day and gives light and heat.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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lay

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Sense 1: To put, place, set, arrange, deposit, apply, establish, impose, or cause to be in a stated position or condition. Sense 2: As the past tense of lie, to recline, rest, be situated, or remain in a state. Sense 3: In lay with, to have sexual relations. Sense 4: To press or bear upon. Sense 5: In lay up, lay by, or lay in store, to keep, store, or treasure; in lay wait, lay snares, lay an ambush, or lay siege, to prepare or set. Sense 6: In lay hold or lay hands on, to seize, take, apprehend, or touch. Sense 7: In lay down one's life, to surrender or give it; in lay aside, lay apart, or lay away, to remove, reject, or put off.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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dens

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Sheltered or hollow places used as lairs, dwellings, or hiding places.

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21The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.

22The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.

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23Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.

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