Psalms 19 · Verse 2

Psalms 19:2

Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
Psalms 19:2, King James Version

Psalms 19:2 in other translations

BSBDay after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge.
WEBDay after day they pour out speech, and night after night they display knowledge.
ASVDay unto day uttereth speech, And night unto night showeth knowledge.
YLTDay to day uttereth speech, And night to night sheweth knowledge.
DARBYDay unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
BBEDay after day it sends out its word, and night after night it gives knowledge.
WebsterDay to day uttereth speech, and night to night showeth knowledge.

What does Psalms 19:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. uttereth--pours forth as a stream; a perpetual testimony.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 Day unto day uttereth speech - Each day is represented as teaching another relative to some new excellence discovered in these manifold works of God. The nights also, by the same figure, are represented as giving information to each other of the increase of knowledge already gained. "The labors of these our instructers know no intermission; but they continue incessantly to lecture us in the science of Divine wisdom. There is one glory of the sun, which shines forth by day; and there are other glories of the moon and of the stars, which become visible by night. And because day and night interchangeably divide the world between them, they are therefore represented as transmitting, in succession, each to other, the task enjoined them, like the two parts of a choir, chanting forth alternately the praises ot God." - Bisbop Horne.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 19:1-6

The heavens so declare the glory of God, and proclaim his wisdom, power, and goodness, that all ungodly men are left without excuse. They speak themselves to be works of God's hands; for they must have a Creator who is eternal, infinitely wise, powerful, and good. The counter-changing of day and night is a great proof of the power of God, and calls us to observe, that, as in the kingdom of nature, so in that of…

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Psalms 19:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

י֣וֹםYomdayH3117
לְ֭יוֹםLe.yomto dayH3117
יַבִּ֣יעַֽya.Bi.a'it pours forthH5042
אֹ֑מֶר'O.merspeechH562
וְלַ֥יְלָהve.Lay.lahand nightH3915
לְּ֝לַ֗יְלָהle.Lay.lahto nightH3915
יְחַוֶּה\־ye.cha.veh-it shows forthH2331
דָּֽעַת\׃Da.'atknowledgeH1847

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 19:2

  • Psalms 74:16

    The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

  • Psalms 134:1-3

    A Song of degrees. Behold, bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord, which by night stand in the house of the Lord. Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord. The Lord that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.

  • Genesis 8:22

    While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

  • Psalms 24:7-10

    Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.

  • Genesis 1:17-18

    And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

  • Psalms 136:8-9

    The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever: The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever.

  • Isaiah 38:19

    The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.

  • Psalms 78:3-6

    Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:

  • Exodus 15:20-21

    And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

  • Psalms 148:12

    Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Day unto.
24:7-10; 78:3-6; 134:1-3; 148:12; Ex 15:20,21; Isa 38:19
nigh unto.
74:16; 136:8,9; Ge 1:17,18; 8:22

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 19:1

    To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.

  • Psalms 19:2

    Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.

  • Psalms 19:3

    There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.

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Psalms 19:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		El un día emite palabra al otro día, y la una noche á la otra noche declara sabiduría.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Les cieux racontent la gloire de ✶Dieu, et l’étendue annonce l’ouvrage de ses mains.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ein Tag berichtet es dem anderen, und eine Nacht meldet der anderen die Kunde davon.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Exaudiat te Dominus in die tribulationis; protegat te nomen Dei Jacob.