Psalm 104:20
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
You appointתָּֽשֶׁת־
(ta·shet-)
7896: to put, seta prim. root
darknessחֹ֭שֶׁךְ
(cho·shech)
2822: darkness, obscurityfrom chashak
and it becomesוִ֣יהִי
(vi·hi)
1961: to fall out, come to pass, become, bea prim. root
night,לָ֑יְלָה
(la·ye·lah;)
3915: nightof uncertain derivation
In which allכָּל־
(kol-)
3605: the whole, allfrom kalal
the beasts 
 
2421b: living thing, animalfrom chayah
of the forestיָֽעַר׃
(ya·'ar.)
3293a: wood, forest, thicketfrom an unused word
prowl about.תִ֝רְמֹ֗שׂ
(tir·mos)
7430: to creep, move lightly, move abouta prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
Thou makest
shiyth  (sheeth)
to place (in a very wide application) -- apply, appoint, array, bring, consider, lay (up), let alone, look, make, mark, put (on), + regard, set, shew, be stayed, take.
darkness
choshek  (kho-shek')
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness -- dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
and it is night
layil  (lah'-yil)
a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity -- (mid-)night (season).
wherein all the beasts
chay  (khah'-ee)
age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
of the forest
ya`ar  (yah'-ar)
a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees) -- (honey-)comb, forest, wood.
do creep
ramas  (raw-mas')
to glide swiftly, i.e. to crawl or move with short steps; by analogy to swarm -- creep, move.
forth
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
You appoint darkness and it becomes night, In which all the beasts of the forest prowl about.

King James Bible
Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the forest animals stir.

International Standard Version
You bring darkness and it becomes night; when every beast of the forest prowls.

NET Bible
You make it dark and night comes, during which all the beasts of the forest prowl around.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He made the darkness and there was night and in it pass through all the wild beasts of the forest.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He brings darkness, and it is nighttime, when all the wild animals in the forest come out.

King James 2000 Bible
You make darkness, and it is night: in which all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
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