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Psalms 104:20

104:19 He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
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

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

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

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

104:21 The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.

What does Psalms 104:20 mean?

Psalms 104:20 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שִׁית (shîyth), חֹשֶׁךְ (chôshek), לַיִל (layil).

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Thou
makestשִׁיתshîyth/sheeth/H7896to place (in a very wide application)
darkness,חֹשֶׁךְchôshek/kho-shek'/H2822the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
and
it
is
night:לַיִלlayil/lah'-yil/H3915properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
wherein
all
the
beastsחַיchay/khah'-ee/H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
of
the
forestיַעַרyaʻar/yah'-ar/H3293a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
do
creepרָמַשׂrâmas/raw-mas'/H7430properly, to glide swiftly, i.e. to crawl or move with short steps; by analogy to swarm
forth.
beasts:
Heb.
beasts
thereof
do
trample
on
the
forest

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 104:20.

2 Samuel 22:12

And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies. dark: Heb. binding of waters

Exodus 14:20

And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.

Genesis 1:18

And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:21

And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:28

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. moveth: Heb. creepeth

Genesis 1:30

And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. life: Heb. a living soul

Genesis 1:5

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. And the evening: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was

Genesis 7:14

They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort. sort: Heb. wing

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What does Psalms 104:20 say?

Psalms 104:20 (King James Version) reads: "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"

Is Psalms 104:20 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 104:20 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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