Psalms Chapter 104 verse 20 Holy Bible
Thou makest darkness, and it is night, Wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth.
read chapter 104 in ASV
When you make it dark, it is night, when all the beasts of the woods come quietly out of their secret places.
read chapter 104 in BBE
Thou makest darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth:
read chapter 104 in DARBY
Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
read chapter 104 in KJV
read chapter 104 in WBT
You make darkness, and it is night, In which all the animals of the forest prowl.
read chapter 104 in WEB
Thou settest darkness, and it is night, In it doth every beast of the forest creep.
read chapter 104 in YLT
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 20, 21. - Thou makest darkness, and it is night. The mention of the moon and sun introduces a picture of night (vers. 20, 21) and a picture of the day (vers. 22, 23). The day draws in - darkness descends - night is come. At once there is a stir in the animal world. Man has gone to his rest; but the time is arrived wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. The primeval jungle is alive with motion and sound. All the animals are on the alert. seeking their prey. The young lions are heard above all; they roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God. The awful sound of their hungry roar drowns almost all other sounds, and shakes with terror the hearts of those that hear. Suddenly, however, night turns into day -
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(20) Creep forth.--The word "forth" is better omitted. The Hebrew verb is that especially used of crawling animals and reptiles, and here, no doubt, his chosen to express the stealthy motion of the beasts when on the track of their prey. (See Psalm 104:25; comp. Job 37:8; Job 38:40.)
