English Standard Version
Psalms 19:4
4Their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun,
Psalms 19:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
- New International Version (NIV)Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens God has pitched a tent for the sun.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Their line has gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world. In them He has set a tabernacle for the sun,
- New Living Translation (NLT)Yet their message has gone throughout the earth, and their words to all the world. God has made a home in the heavens for the sun.
Context of Psalms 19:4
2Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge. 3There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard. Their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun, 5which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber, and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy. 6Its rising is from the end of the heavens, and its circuit to the end of them, and there is nothing hidden from its heat.
Read all of Psalms 19Psalms 19:4 word by word
בְּכָל־הָאָ֨רֶץ׀ יָ֘צָ֤א קַוָּ֗ם וּבִקְצֵ֣ה תֵ֭בֵל מִלֵּיהֶ֑ם לַ֝שֶּׁ֗מֶשׁ שָֽׂם־אֹ֥הֶל בָּהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Their lineקַוqav qâv · lineH6957
- is gone outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: speakH3318
- through all the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- and their wordsמִלָּהmillâh milleh · speechH4405
- to the endקָצֶהqâtseh qêtseh · endH7097
- of the worldתֵּבֵלtêbêl · worldH8398
- In them hath he setשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
- a tabernacleאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168
- for the sunשֶׁ֫מֶשׁshemesh · sunH8121
Cross-references for Psalms 19:4
- Psalms 98:3He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness to the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
- Isaiah 49:6he says: "It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the preserved of Israel; I will make you as a light for the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth."
- Romans 10:18But I ask, have they not heard? Indeed they have, for "Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world."
- 2 Corinthians 10:13But we will not boast beyond limits, but will boast only with regard to the area of influence God assigned to us, to reach even to you.
- Genesis 1:14And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years,
- Malachi 4:2But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.
Commentaries on Psalms 19:4
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Their line - That is, of the heavens. The word used here - קו qav - means properly a cord, or line: (a) a measuring line, Ezekiel 47:3; Job 38:5; Isaiah 44:13; and then (b) a cord or string as of a lyre or other instrument of music; and hence, a sound. So it is rendered here by the Septuagint, ́ phthongos By Symmachus, ̓͂ ēchos By the Vulgate, sonus. DeWette renders it Klang, sound. Prof. Alexander dogmatically says that this is “entirely at variance…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4God’s wisdom does not need to be spoken. Through creation, it is seen, felt, and experienced. Paul applied this text to condemn Israel for its lack of receptivity to Jesus Christ (Romans 10:18). The sun is part of God’s creation, but it is not a god, as people of other nations in the ancient Near East commonly believed.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Their line--or, "instruction"--the influence exerted by their tacit display of God's perfections. Paul (Ro 10:18), quoting from the Septuagint, uses "sound," which gives the same sense.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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