Psalms 74:17

74:16 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter. made: Heb. made them

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You have set all the boundaries of the earth. You have made summer and winter.

Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.

You have set all the borders of the earth: you have made summer and winter.

74:18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

What does Psalms 74:17 mean?

Psalms 74:17 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include נָצַב (nâtsab), גְּבוּלָה (gᵉbûwlâh), אֶרֶץ (ʼerets).

Hebrew interlinear

Thou

hast

setנָצַבnâtsab/naw-tsab'/H5324to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively)

all

the

bordersגְּבוּלָהgᵉbûwlâh/gheb-oo-law'/H1367a boundary, region

the

earth:אֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

thou

hast

madeיָצַרyâtsar/yaw-tsar'/H3335to mould into a form; especially as apotter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)

summerקַיִץqayits/kah'-yits/H7019harvest (as the crop), whether the product (grain or fruit) or the (dry) season

and

winter.חֹרֶףchôreph/kho'-ref/H2779properly, the crop gathered, i.e. (by implication) the autumn (and winter) season; figuratively, ripeness of age

made:

Heb.

made

them

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 74:17.

Amos 3:15

And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the LORD.

Genesis 8:22

While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. While: Heb. As yet all the days of the earth

Zechariah 14:8

And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. former: or, eastern

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What does Psalms 74:17 say?

Psalms 74:17 (King James Version) reads: "Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter. made: Heb. made them"

Is Psalms 74:17 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 74:17 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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