Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

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

New American Standard Bible

He made the moon for the seasons;
The sun knows the place of its setting.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

He made the moon to mark the festivals;
the sun knows when to set.

International Standard Version

He made the moon to mark time; the sun knows its setting time.

A Conservative Version

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

Amplified


He made the moon for the seasons;
The sun knows the [exact] place of its setting.

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.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

He made the moon for the appointments: the sun knew his going down.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

He made [the] moon for appointed times; [the] sun knows its [time for] setting.

Modern King James verseion

He appointed the moon for seasons; the sun knows its going down.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Thou hast appointed the moon for certain seasons, the sun knoweth his going down.

NET Bible

He made the moon to mark the months, and the sun sets according to a regular schedule.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

He hath made the moon for seasons, And, the sun, knoweth his place for entering in.

Webster

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.

Youngs Literal Translation

He made the moon for seasons, The sun hath known his place of entrance.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
the moon
ירח 
Yareach 
Usage: 26

מועדה מעד מועד 
Mow`ed 
Usage: 223

the sun
שׁמשׁ 
Shemesh 
Usage: 134

References

Fausets

Smith

Context Readings

Praise To Yahweh For His Creation And Providence

18 The high mountains are for the wild goats; The rocks are a refuge for the conies. 19 He appointed the moon for seasons: The sun knoweth his going down. 20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night, Wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth.


Cross References

Genesis 1:14-18

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years:

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, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Jehovah thy God hath allotted unto all the peoples under the whole heaven.

Job 31:26-28

If I have beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness,

Job 38:12

Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began , And caused the dayspring to know its place;

Psalm 8:3

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

Psalm 19:6

His going forth is from the end of the heavens, And his circuit unto the ends of it; And there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

Psalm 136:7-9

To him that made great lights; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever:

Jeremiah 31:35

Thus saith Jehovah, who giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirreth up the sea, so that the waves thereof roar; Jehovah of hosts is his name:

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