Topic
Night
87 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
These works date from 1884–1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Isaiah 21:12ISBE · Nave · Torrey Used figuratively
The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.
- John 9:4ISBE · Nave · Torrey Used figuratively
I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
- Romans 13:12ISBE · Nave · Torrey Used figuratively
The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
- Genesis 1:5Nave · Torrey General scriptures concerning
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
- Exodus 14:24Nave · Torrey Divided into watches
And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
- Judges 7:19Nave · Torrey Divided into watches
¶ So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands.
- Psalms 19:2Nave · Torrey Meditations in
Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
- Isaiah 21:11ISBE · Nave Used figuratively
¶ The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
- Lamentations 2:19Nave · Torrey Divided into watches
Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.
- Amos 5:8ISBE · Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — Seasons of severe calamities
Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:
- Matthew 14:25Nave · Torrey Divided into watches
And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.
- Luke 12:38Nave · Torrey Divided into watches
And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
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- John 11:10 ISBE · Torrey Unsuitable for travelling
- 1 Thessalonians 5:5 ISBE · Nave Used figuratively
- Revelation 21:25 ISBE · Nave No night in heaven
- Genesis 1:14 Torrey The heavenly bodies designed to separate day from
- Genesis 1:16 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Genesis 1:16–18 Torrey The moon and stars designed to rule and give light by
- Genesis 1:18 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Genesis 8:22 Torrey REGULAR SUCCESSION OF — Established by covenant
- Genesis 28:11 Torrey Commenced at sunset
- Genesis 31:24 Torrey GOD FREQUENTLY — Revealed his will in
- Genesis 31:39 Torrey Favourable to the purposes of the wicked
- Genesis 31:40 Torrey FREQUENTLY — Cold and frosty
- Genesis 46:2 Torrey GOD FREQUENTLY — Revealed his will in
- Exodus 12:12 Torrey GOD FREQUENTLY — Executed his judgments in
- Leviticus 19:13 Torrey THE JEWS — Forbidden to keep the wages of servants during
- Numbers 11:9 Torrey FREQUENTLY — Accompanied by heavy dew
- Numbers 22:30 Torrey GOD FREQUENTLY — Revealed his will in
- Deuteronomy 21:23 Torrey THE JEWS — Forbidden to allow malefactors to hang during
- Judges 6:38 Torrey FREQUENTLY — Accompanied by heavy dew
- Judges 6:40 Torrey FREQUENTLY — Accompanied by heavy dew
- 1 Samuel 11:11 Nave Divided into watches
- 2 Samuel 21:10 Torrey Wild beasts go forth in search of prey during
- 1 Kings 3:5 Torrey GOD FREQUENTLY — Visited his people in
- 2 Kings 19:35 Torrey GOD FREQUENTLY — Executed his judgments in
- Nehemiah 12:9 Nave Divided into watches
- Job 7:3 Torrey Wearisome to the afflicted
- Job 7:4 Torrey Wearisome to the afflicted
- Job 24:14 Torrey Favourable to the purposes of the wicked
- Job 24:15 Torrey Favourable to the purposes of the wicked
- Job 27:20 Torrey GOD FREQUENTLY — Executed his judgments in
- Job 29:19 Torrey FREQUENTLY — Accompanied by heavy dew
- Job 35:10 ISBE
- Psalms 6:6 Torrey THE JEWS — In affliction spent, in sorrow and humiliation
- Psalms 17:3 Torrey GOD FREQUENTLY — Visited his people in
- Psalms 22:2 Torrey THE JEWS — In affliction spent, in prayer
- Psalms 30:5 Torrey THE JEWS — In affliction spent, in sorrow and humiliation
- Psalms 63:6 Nave Divided into watches
- Psalms 74:16 Torrey Belongs to God
- Psalms 77:6 Nave Meditations in
- Psalms 90:4 ISBE
- Psalms 104:20 Torrey Caused by God
- Psalms 104:21 Torrey Wild beasts go forth in search of prey during
- Psalms 104:22 Torrey Continued until sunrise
- Psalms 104:23 Torrey Designed for rest
- Psalms 119:148 Nave Meditations in
- Psalms 134:1 Nave Worship in
- Psalms 139:11 Nave Meditations in
- Proverbs 7:9 Torrey FREQUENTLY — Exceeding dark
- Proverbs 31:18 Torrey THE JEWS — Often kept lamps burning during
- Song of Songs 3:1 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — Seasons of spiritual desertion
- Song of Songs 5:2 Torrey FREQUENTLY — Accompanied by heavy dew
- Isaiah 8:20 ISBE
- Isaiah 15:1 Nave Used figuratively
- Isaiah 59:10 ISBE
- Jeremiah 15:9 ISBE
- Jeremiah 31:35 Torrey The moon and stars designed to rule and give light by
- Jeremiah 33:20 Torrey REGULAR SUCCESSION OF — Established by covenant
- Jeremiah 36:30 Torrey FREQUENTLY — Cold and frosty
- Daniel 5:30 Torrey GOD FREQUENTLY — Executed his judgments in
- Daniel 7:2 Torrey GOD FREQUENTLY — Revealed his will in
- Joel 1:13 Torrey THE JEWS — In affliction spent, in sorrow and humiliation
- Obadiah 1:5 Torrey Favourable to the purposes of the wicked
- Micah 3:6 ISBE
- Matthew 28:1 Torrey Continued until sunrise
- Mark 13:35 Torrey Divided into four watches by the Romans
- Mark 16:2 Torrey Continued until sunrise
- Luke 2:8 Torrey Eastern shepherds watched over their flocks during
- Luke 5:5 Torrey Eastern fishermen continued their employment during
- Luke 6:12 Nave Jesus prays all night
- John 11:9 ISBE
- John 21:3 Torrey Eastern fishermen continued their employment during
- Acts 23:23 Nave Divided into hours
- 1 Thessalonians 5:2 Torrey Favourable to the purposes of the wicked
- 1 Thessalonians 5:7 ISBE
- Revelation 22:5 Nave No night in heaven
In the reference works
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 0 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 17 references
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See DAY AND NIGHT for the natural usage and the various terms.
1. In the Old Testament:
Figurative uses: The word "night" (laylah or layil is sometimes used figuratively in the Old Testament. Thus, Moses compares the brevity of time, the lapse of a thousand years, to "a watch in the night" (Ps 90:4). Adversity is depicted by it in such places as Job 35:10; compare Isa 8:20; Jer 15:9. Disappointment and despair are apparently depicted by it in the "burden of Dumah" (Isa 21:11,12); and spiritual blindness, coming upon the false prophets (Mic 3:6); again sudden and overwhelming confusion (Am 5:8; Isa 59:10 the King James Version, nesheph, "twilight" as in the Revised Version (British and American)).
2. In the New Testament:
On the lips of Jesus (Joh 9:4) it signifies the end of opportunity to labor; repeated in that touching little allegory spoken to His disciples when He was called to the grave of Lazarus (Joh 11:9,10). Paul also uses the figure in reference to the Parousia (Ro 13:12), where "night" seems to refer to the present aeon and "day" to the aeon to come. He also uses it in 1Th 5:5,7 where the status of the redeemed is depicted by "day," that of the unregenerate by "night," again, as the context shows, in reference to the Parousia. In Re 21:25 and 22:5, the passing of the "night" indicates the realization of that to which the Parousia looked forward, the establishment of the kingdom of God forever. See also Delitzsch, Iris, 35.
Henry E. Dosker
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 27 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → General scriptures concerning Ge 1:5,16,18
- → Meditations in Ps 19:2; 77:6; 119:148; 139:11
- → Worship in Ps 134:1
- → Jesus prays all night Lu 6:12
- → No night in heaven Re 21:25; 22:5
- → Divided into watches Ex 14:24; Jud 7:19; 1Sa 11:11; Ne 12:9; Ps 63:6; 119:148; La 2:19; Mt 14:25; Lu 12:38
- → Divided into hours Ac 23:23
- → Used figuratively Isa 15:1; 21:11,12; Joh 9:4; Ro 13:12; 1Th 5:5
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 66 references, grouped by sub-topic
- The darkness first called Ge 1:5
- Caused by God Ps 104:20
- Belongs to God Ps 74:16
- The heavenly bodies designed to separate day from Ge 1:14
- The moon and stars designed to rule and give light by Ge 1:16-18; Jer 31:35
- Commenced at sunset Ge 28:11
- Continued until sunrise Ps 104:22; Mt 28:1; Mr 16:2
- REGULAR SUCCESSION OF
- Originally divided into three watches La 2:19; Jud 7:19; Ex 14:24
- Divided into four watches by the Romans Lu 12:38; Mt 14:25; Mr 13:35
- FREQUENTLY
- Unsuitable for labour Joh 9:4
- Unsuitable for travelling Joh 11:10
- Designed for rest Ps 104:23
- Wearisome to the afflicted Job 7:3,4
- Favourable to the purposes of the wicked Ge 31:39; Job 24:14,15; Ob 1:5; 1Th 5:2
- Wild beasts go forth in search of prey during 2Sa 21:10; Ps 104:21,22
- THE JEWS
- Eastern shepherds watched over their flocks during Ge 31:40; Lu 2:8
- Eastern fishermen continued their employment during Lu 5:5; Joh 21:3
- GOD FREQUENTLY
- ILLUSTRATIVE OF
Texts: Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896); Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.