Psalm 104:19
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New International Version (©1984)
The moon marks off the seasons, and the sun knows when to go down.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
He made the moon for the seasons; The sun knows the place of its setting.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
He created the moon, which marks the seasons, and the sun, which knows when to set.

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

American King James Version
He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knows his going down.

American Standard Version
He appointed the moon for seasons: The sun knoweth his going down.

Bible in Basic English
He made the moon for a sign of the divisions of the year; teaching the sun the time of its going down.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He hath made the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.

Darby Bible Translation
He made the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth its going down.

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

Webster's Bible Translation
He appointeth the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.

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

Young's Literal Translation
He made the moon for seasons, The sun hath known his place of entrance.

Geneva Study Bible

He appointed {i} the moon for seasons: {k} the sun knoweth his going down.

(i) As to separate the night from the day, and to note days, months and years.

(k) That is, by his course, either far or near, it notes summer, winter and other seasons.

Wesley's Notes

104:19 For seasons - To distinguish the times, the seasons of divers natural events, as of the ebbing and flowing of waters, and other seasons for sacred and civil affairs, which were commonly regulated by the moon.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

104:19-30 We are to praise and magnify God for the constant succession of day and night. And see how those are like to the wild beasts, who wait for the twilight, and have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness. Does God listen to the language of mere nature, even in ravenous creatures, and shall he not much more interpret favourably the language of grace in his own people, though weak and broken groanings which cannot be uttered? There is the work of every day, which is to be done in its day, which man must apply to every morning, and which he must continue in till evening; it will be time enough to rest when the night comes, in which no man can work. The psalmist wonders at the works of God. The works of art, the more closely they are looked upon, the more rough they appear; the works of nature appear more fine and exact. They are all made in wisdom, for they all answer the end they were designed to serve. Every spring is an emblem of the resurrection, when a new world rises, as it were, out of the ruins of the old one. But man alone lives beyond death. When the Lord takes away his breath, his soul enters on another state, and his body will be raised, either to glory or to misery. May the Lord send forth his Spirit, and new-create our souls to holiness.


Genesis 1:14 Then God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years;
Psalm 19:6 Its rising is from one end of the heavens, And its circuit to the other end of them; And there is nothing hidden from its heat. (NASB ©1995)

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

Ps 8:3 136:7-9 Ge 1:14-18 De 4:19 Job 31:26-28 38:12 Jer 31:35

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