Psalms 104:22
The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
Psalms 104:22 in other translations
| BSB | The sun rises, and they withdraw; they lie down in their dens. |
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| WEB | The sun rises, and they steal away, and lie down in their dens. |
| ASV | The sun ariseth, they get them away, And lay them down in their dens. |
| YLT | The sun riseth, they are gathered, And in their dens they crouch. |
| DARBY | The sun ariseth, they retreat, and lay them down in their dens. |
| BBE | The sun comes up, and they come together, and go back to their secret places to take their rest. |
| Webster | The sun ariseth, they collect, and lay themselves down in their dens. |
What does Psalms 104:22 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 104:20-23
20-23. He provides and adapts to man's wants the appointed times and seasons.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 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…
Psalms 104:22 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 104:22
- Job 37:8
Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.
- Job 24:13-17
They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof. The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief. The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face. In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light. …
- John 3:20
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
- Nahum 3:17
Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain
Context
- Psalms 104:21
The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
- Psalms 104:22
The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
- Psalms 104:23
Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
Psalms 104:22 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Sale el sol, recógense, y échanse en sus cuevas. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Le soleil se lève: ils se retirent, et se couchent dans leurs tanières. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Die Sonne geht auf: sie ziehen sich zurück und lagern sich in ihre Höhlen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | ut erudiret principes ejus sicut semetipsum, et senes ejus prudentiam doceret. |