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How Many Are Your Works, O LORD!

Psalms 104:23

In 11 translations

BSB
Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until evening.
KJV
Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
WEB
Man goes out to his work, to his labor until the evening.
ASV
Man goeth forth unto his work And to his labor until the evening.
LSV
Man goes forth to his work, || And to his service—until evening.
YLT
Man goeth forth to his work, And to his service — till evening.
DBY
Man goeth forth unto his work, and to his labour until the evening.
DRC103:23
Man shall go forth to his work, and to his labour until the evening.
GNV
Then goeth man forth to his worke, and to his labour vntill the euening.
JPS
Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
LXXE103:23
Man shall go forth to his work, and to his labour till evening.

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Original-language editions

WLC
יֵצֵ֣א אָדָ֣ם לְפָעֳל֑וֹ וְֽלַעֲבֹ֖דָת֣וֹ עֲדֵי־עָֽרֶב׃
LXX-Br103:23
Ἐξελεύσεται ἄνθρωπος ἐπὶ τὸ ἔργον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν ἐργασίαν αὐτοῦ ἕως ἑσπέρας.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
  • Ecclesiastes 5:12The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.
  • Ephesians 4:28He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.
  • Judges 19:16That evening an old man from the hill country of Ephraim, who was residing in Gibeah (the men of that place were Benjamites), came in from his work in the field.
  • 2 Thessalonians 3:8–12nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you. Not that we lack this right, but we wanted to offer ourselves as…

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  • 103:23 in some Bibles
  • 104:23 in most Bibles

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