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Psalms 19:2
2The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky shows His handiwork.
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
1For the music director, a psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky shows His handiwork. 3Day to day they speak, night to night they reveal knowledge. 4There is no speech, no words, where their voice goes unheard.
Read all of Psalms 19Psalms 19:2 word by word
י֣וֹם לְ֭יוֹם יַבִּ֣יעַֽ אֹ֑מֶר וְלַ֥יְלָה לְּ֝לַ֗יְלָה יְחַוֶּה־דָּֽעַת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 19:2
- Psalms 24:7Lift up your heads, O gates, and be lifted up, you everlasting doors: that the King of glory may come in.
- Psalms 78:3which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
- Psalms 134:1A Song of Ascents. Behold, bless Adonai, all servants of Adonai, who stand by night in the House of Adonai.
- Psalms 148:12both young men and maidens, old men and children.
- Exodus 15:20Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dancing,
- Isaiah 38:19The living, the living—they praise You— as I do today. A father makes Your faithfulness known to his children.
- Psalms 74:16The day is Yours, the night also is Yours. You provided moon and sun.
- Psalms 136:8the sun to rule by day, for His lovingkindness endures forever,
- Genesis 1:17God set them in the expanse of the sky to shine on the land
- Genesis 8:22While all the days of the land remain, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, 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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