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Psalms 104:19

104:18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.

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

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

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

104:20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. beasts: Heb. beasts thereof do trample on the forest

What does Psalms 104:19 mean?

Psalms 104:19 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh), יָרֵחַ (yârêach), מוֹעֵד (môwʻêd).

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He
appointedעָשָׂהʻâsâh/aw-saw'/H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
the
moonיָרֵחַyârêach/yaw-ray'-akh/H3394the moon
for
seasons:מוֹעֵדmôwʻêd/mo-ade'/H4150properly, an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally ayear; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; by extension, the place of meeting; also a signal (as appointed beforehand)
the
sunשֶׁמֶשׁshemesh/sheh'-mesh/H8121the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement
knowethיָדַעyâdaʻ/yaw-dah'/H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)
his
going
down.מָבוֹאmâbôwʼ/maw-bo'/H3996an entrance (the place or the act); specifically sunset or the west; also (adverb with preposition) towards

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Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 104:19.

2 Kings 23:5

And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven. put: Heb. caused to cease idolatrous: Heb. Chemarim planets: or, twelve signs or, constellations

Deuteronomy 11:30

Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?

Deuteronomy 17:3

And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;

Deuteronomy 4:19

And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven. divided: or, imparted

Genesis 3:7

And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. aprons: or, things to gird about

Genesis 37:9

And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.

Genesis 9:24

And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.

Joshua 1:4

From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.

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What does Psalms 104:19 say?

Psalms 104:19 (King James Version) reads: "He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down."

Is Psalms 104:19 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 104:19 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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