Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

He made the moon for the appointments: the sun knew 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.

American Standard Version

He appointed the moon for seasons: The sun knoweth 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.

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 for the wild goats; the rocks a refuge for the conies. 19 He made the moon for the appointments: the sun knew his going down. 20 Thou didst set darkness and it will be night: in it all the beasts of the forest shall creep.


Cross References

Genesis 1:14-18

And God will say there shall be lights in the firmament of the heavens to separate between the day and between the night: and they shall be for signs and for set times, and for days and for years.

Deuteronomy 4:19

And lest thou shalt lift up thine eyes to the heavens, and seeing the sun and the moon and the stars, all the army of the heavens, and thou wert driven and didst worship to them, and didst serve them, which Jehovah thy God divided them out to all the peoples under all the heavens.

Job 31:26-28

If I shall see the light when it shall shine, and the moon going in splendor;

Job 38:12

In thy days didst thou command the morning? and didst thou make the dawning know its place?

Psalm 8:3

For I shall see thy heavens, the work of thy fingers; the moon and the stars which thou didst prepare.

Psalm 19:6

From the extremity of the heavens his going forth and his circuits upon their extremities and no hiding from his heat.

Psalm 136:7-9

To him making great lights: for his mercy is forever.

Jeremiah 31:35

Thus said Jehovah, giving the sun for light the day, the laws of the moon and the stars for a light the night., causing the sea to tremble, and its waves shall roar; Jehovah of armies his name.

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