New English Translation
Psalms 19:2
2Day after day it speaks out; night after night it reveals his greatness.
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; the sky displays his handiwork. Day after day it speaks out; night after night it reveals his greatness. 3There is no actual speech or word, nor is its voice literally heard. 4Yet its voice echoes throughout the earth; its words carry to the distant horizon. In the sky he has pitched a tent 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 24:7Look up, you gates! Rise up, you eternal doors! Then the majestic king will enter!
- Psalms 78:3What we have heard and learned – that which our ancestors have told us –
- Psalms 134:1Attention! Praise the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, who serve in the Lord’s temple during the night.
- Psalms 148:12you young men and young women, you elderly, along with you children!
- Exodus 15:20Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a hand-drum in her hand, and all the women went out after her with hand-drums and with dances.
- Isaiah 38:19The living person, the living person, he gives you thanks, as I do today. A father tells his sons about your faithfulness.
- Psalms 74:16You established the cycle of day and night; you put the moon and sun in place.
- Psalms 136:8the sun to rule by day, for his loyal love endures,
- Genesis 1:17God placed the lights in the expanse of the sky to shine on the earth,
- Genesis 8:22“While the earth continues to exist, planting time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night will not cease.”
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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