God’s Word Translation
Psalms 19:2
2One day tells a story to the next. One night shares knowledge with the next
Psalms 19:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
- New International Version (NIV)Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Day unto day utters speech, And night unto night reveals knowledge.
Context of Psalms 19:2
1The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky displays what his hands have made. One day tells a story to the next. One night shares knowledge with the next 3without talking, without words, without their voices being heard. 4⌞Yet,⌟ their sound has gone out into the entire world, their message to the ends of the earth. He has set up a tent in the heavens for the sun,
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י֣וֹם לְ֭יוֹם יַבִּ֣יעַֽ אֹ֑מֶר וְלַ֥יְלָה לְּ֝לַ֗יְלָה יְחַוֶּה־דָּֽעַת׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 19:2
- Psalms 24:7Lift your heads, you gates. Be lifted, you ancient doors, so that the king of glory may come in.
- Psalms 78:3things that we have heard and known about, things that our parents have told us.
- Psalms 134:1Praise the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, all who stand in the house of the Lord night after night.
- Psalms 148:12young men and women, old and young together.
- Exodus 15:20Then the prophet Miriam, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand. All the women, dancing with tambourines, followed her.
- Isaiah 38:19Those who are living praise you as I do today. Fathers make your faithfulness known to their children.
- Psalms 74:16The day and the night are yours. You set the moon and the sun in their places.
- Psalms 136:8the sun to rule the day— because his mercy endures forever.
- Genesis 1:17God put them in the sky to give light to the earth,
- Genesis 8:22As long as the earth exists, planting and harvesting, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never stop.”
Commentaries on Psalms 19:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Day 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…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Day unto day - One day to another; or, each successive day. The day that is passing away proclaims the lesson which it had to convey from the movements of the heavens, about God; and thus the knowledge of God is accumulating as the time moves on. Each day has its own lesson in regard to the wisdom, the power, and the goodness of God, and that lesson is conveyed from one day to another. There is a perpetual testimony thus given to the wisdom and power of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4The created world shows God's wisdom, and the heavens are where God lives (Psalm 2:4; see 8:1; 57:5; 89:6; 115:3). From heaven, God watches over people (Psalms 11:4; 14:2; 33:13; 53:2; 80:14; 102:19) and helps his followers (18:6–8, 13; 20:6; 57:3; 76:8; 144:5). The heavens remain unaffected by human failures and rebellions (see Psalm 2:1–4). They show God's faithfulness, righteousness (Psalms 36:5; 50:6; 57:10; 85:11; 89:2, 5; 97:6; 108:4), and wisdom…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. uttereth--pours forth as a stream; a perpetual testimony.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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