Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The sun rises, and they steal away; they return and lie down in their dens. New Living Translation At dawn they slink back into their dens to rest. English Standard Version When the sun rises, they steal away and lie down in their dens. Berean Standard Bible The sun rises, and they withdraw; they lie down in their dens. King James Bible The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens. New King James Version When the sun rises, they gather together And lie down in their dens. New American Standard Bible When the sun rises they withdraw, And they lie down in their dens. NASB 1995 When the sun rises they withdraw And lie down in their dens. NASB 1977 When the sun rises they withdraw, And lie down in their dens. Legacy Standard Bible When the sun rises they gather together And lie down in their dens. Amplified Bible When the sun arises, they withdraw And lie down in their dens. Christian Standard Bible The sun rises; they go back and lie down in their dens. Holman Christian Standard Bible The sun rises; they go back and lie down in their dens. American Standard Version The sun ariseth, they get them away, And lay them down in their dens. Aramaic Bible in Plain English The rising of the sun they are gathered and they lie down in their dwellings. Brenton Septuagint Translation The sun arises, and they shall be gathered together, and shall lie down in their dens. Contemporary English Version But when morning comes, they return to their dens, Douay-Rheims Bible The sun ariseth, and they are gathered together: and they shall lie down in their dens. English Revised Version The sun ariseth, they get them away, and lay them down in their dens. GOD'S WORD® Translation When the sun rises, they gather and lie down in their dens. Good News Translation When the sun rises, they go back and lie down in their dens. International Standard Version When the sun rises, they gather and lie down in their dens. JPS Tanakh 1917 The sun ariseth, they slink away, And couch in their dens. Literal Standard Version The sun rises, they are gathered, | And they crouch in their dens. Majority Standard Bible The sun rises, and they withdraw; they lie down in their dens. New American Bible When the sun rises, they steal away and settle down in their dens. NET Bible When the sun rises, they withdraw and sleep in their dens. New Revised Standard Version When the sun rises, they withdraw and lie down in their dens. New Heart English Bible The sun rises, and they steal away, and lie down in their dens. Webster's Bible Translation The sun ariseth, they collect, and lay themselves down in their dens. World English Bible The sun rises, and they steal away, and lie down in their dens. Young's Literal Translation The sun riseth, they are gathered, And in their dens they crouch. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context How Many Are Your Works, O LORD!…21The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God. 22The sun rises, and they withdraw; they lie down in their dens. 23Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until evening.… Cross References Job 37:8 The wild animals enter their lairs; they settle down in their dens. Psalm 104:23 Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until evening. Treasury of Scripture The sun rises, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens. 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… 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. John 3:20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. Jump to Previous Ariseth Collect Couch Crouch Dens Gather Gathered Lay Places Rest Retreat Rises Riseth Secret Steal Sun Themselves Together WithdrawJump to Next Ariseth Collect Couch Crouch Dens Gather Gathered Lay Places Rest Retreat Rises Riseth Secret Steal Sun Themselves Together WithdrawPsalm 104 1. A meditation upon the mighty power7. And wonderful providence of God 31. God's glory is eternal 33. The prophet vows perpetually to praise God (22) Lay them down.--With sunrise all is changed. The Wild animals, with their savage instincts, give way to man with his orderly habits and arranged duties. The curse of labour, on which the account in Genesis dwells, is here entirely out of sight, and instead there appears the "poetry of labour." And if all sense of the primal curse has disappeared, the later curse, which lies so heavy on the modern generations of overworked men, "Who make perpetual moan, Still from one labour to another thrown," has not appeared. The day brings only healthy toil, and the evening happy rest. Verses 22, 23. - The sun ariseth. Bright beams of light flame up the eastern sky; and earth basks in the sun's smile. But it is a signal to the lions and the other wild beasts to withdraw. They gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens. Hiding themselves from the eye of day, and retreating into places where they are safe. Then it is the turn of humanity to reappear. Humanity wakes up; and man goeth forth auto his work and to his labour uutil the evening; i.e. man proceeds to his appointed task, which is "work" - once a curse (Genesis 3:17-19), now a blessing (Ephesians 4:28).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The sunהַ֭שֶּׁמֶשׁ (haš·še·meš) Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 8121: The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement rises, תִּזְרַ֣ח (tiz·raḥ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 2224: To irradiate, to rise, to appear and they withdraw; יֵאָסֵפ֑וּן (yê·’ā·sê·p̄ūn) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun Strong's 622: To gather for, any purpose, to receive, take away, remove they lie down יִרְבָּצֽוּן׃ (yir·bā·ṣūn) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun Strong's 7257: To crouch, be implication, to recline, repose, brood, lurk, imbed in וְאֶל־ (wə·’el-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to their dens. מְ֝עוֹנֹתָ֗ם (mə·‘ō·w·nō·ṯām) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 4585: An abode, of God, men, animals, a retreat Links Psalm 104:22 NIVPsalm 104:22 NLT Psalm 104:22 ESV Psalm 104:22 NASB Psalm 104:22 KJV Psalm 104:22 BibleApps.com Psalm 104:22 Biblia Paralela Psalm 104:22 Chinese Bible Psalm 104:22 French Bible Psalm 104:22 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 104:22 The sun rises and they steal away (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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