Parallel Verses
King James 2000
The day is yours, the night also is yours: you have prepared the light and the sun.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
Holman Bible
You established the moon and the sun.
International Standard Version
Yours is the day, and yours is the night; you established the moon and the sun.
A Conservative Version
The day is thine; the night is also thine. Thou have prepared the light and the sun.
American Standard Version
The day is thine, the night also is thine: Thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
Amplified
The day is Yours, the night also is Yours;
You have established and prepared the [heavenly] light and the sun.
Bible in Basic English
The day is yours and the night is yours: you made the light and the sun.
Darby Translation
The day is thine, the night also is thine; thou hast prepared the moon and the sun:
Julia Smith Translation
To thee the day, also to thee the night: thou didst prepare the light and the sun.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Yours [is the] day, yours [is the] night also. You established light and [the] sun.
Modern King James verseion
The day is Yours, the night also is Yours; You have prepared the light and the sun.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The day is thine. The night is thine. Thou hast prepared the lights and the sun.
NET Bible
You established the cycle of day and night; you put the moon and sun in place.
New Heart English Bible
The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.
The Emphasized Bible
Thine, is the day, Yea, thine, the night, Thou, didst establish moon and sun;
Webster
The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
World English Bible
The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.
Youngs Literal Translation
Thine is the day, also Thine is the night, Thou hast prepared a light giver -- the sun.
Topics
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 74:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Israel
15 You did break open the fountain and the flood: you dried up mighty rivers. 16 The day is yours, the night also is yours: you have prepared the light and the sun. 17 You have set all the borders of the earth: you have made summer and winter.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 136:7-9
To him that made great lights: for his mercy endures forever:
Genesis 1:14-18
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
Genesis 1:3-5
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Psalm 8:3
When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;
Psalm 19:1-6
[To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.] The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows his handiwork.
Psalm 104:19
He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knows its going down.
Matthew 5:45
That you may be the children of your Father who is in heaven: for he makes his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.