King James Version

Psalms 104:20

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

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תָּֽשֶׁתtashetapplyשִׁיתverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “apply”, an unfinished actionH7896to place (in a very wide application)apply, appoint, array, bring, consider, lay (up), let alone, [idiom] look, make, mark, put (on), [phrase] regard, set, shew, be stayed, [idiom] take.חֹ֭שֶׁךְchoshekhdarkחֹשֶׁךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “dark”, the ordinary formH2822the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickednessdark(-ness), night, obscurity.וִ֣יהִיvihiand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be”, an unfinished actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.לָ֑יְלָהlayelahnightלַיִלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “night”, the ordinary formH3915properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity(mid-)night (season).בּֽוֹbvoinבּֽוֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “in”inתִ֝רְמֹ֗שׂtirmosmoveרָמַשׂverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “move”, an unfinished actionH7430properly, to glide swiftly, i.e. to crawl or move with short steps; by analogy to swarmcreep, move.כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).חַיְתוֹchaytvolifeחַיnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “life”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively[phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.יָֽעַרyaarcombיַעַרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “comb”, the ordinary formH3293a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)(honey-) comb, forest, wood.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thou makest darkness, and it is night, Wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth.

Young’s Literal Translation

Thou settest darkness, and it is night, In it doth every beast of the forest creep.

World English Bible

You make darkness, and it is night, in which all the animals of the forest prowl.

Darby Translation

Thou makest darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth:

Douay-Rheims

The king sent, and he released him: the ruler of the people, and he set him at liberty.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Thou didst make darkness, and it was night; in it all the wild beasts of the forest will be abroad:

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἔθου σκότος καὶ ἐγένετο νὺξ, ἐν αὐτῇ διελεύσονται πάντα τὰ θηρία τοῦ δρυμοῦ.