Psalms Chapter 19 verse 4 Holy Bible
Their line is gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
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Their line has gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them has he put a tent for the sun,
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Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their language to the extremity of the world. In them hath he set a tent for the sun,
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Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
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There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
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Their voice has gone out through all the earth, Their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun,
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Into all the earth hath their line gone forth, And to the end of the world their sayings, For the sun He placed a tent in them,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - Their line is gone out through all the earth. It is much disputed what "their line" means. The word used, qav (קַו), means, ordinarily, a "measuring-line" (Ezekiel 47:3: Zechariah 1:16, etc.), whence it comes to have the further sense of a terminus or boundary; that which the measuring-line marks out. It is also thought to have signified an architect's rule; and, hence, anything regulative, as a decree, precept, or law (see Isaiah 28:10). The LXX. translated it in this place by φθόγγος, "a musical sound;" and Dr. Kay supposes "the regulative chord," or "key-note." to be intended. Perhaps "decree" would be in this place the best rendering, since it would suit the "words" (minim) of the second clause. The "decree" of the heavens is one proclaiming the glory of God, and the duty of all men to worship him. And their words to the end of the world. Though they have neither speech nor language, nor any articulate words, yet they have "words" in a certain sense. Millim is said to be used of thoughts just shaping themselves into language, but not yet uttered (Kay). In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun. God has made the heavens the sun's dwelling-place, the place where he passes the day. There is, perhaps, a tacit allusion to the Shechinah, which dwelt in the tabernacle of the congregation:
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) Their line.--Heb., kav, a cord, used of a plummet line (Zechariah 1:16); a measuring cord (Jeremiah 31:39, where also same verb, gone forth). In Isaiah 28:10, the word is used ethically for a definition or law. But neither of these seems very appropriate here. The verse wants sound or voice, and words of this intention actually appear in the LXX., Vulg., Symmachus, Jerome, and the Syriac.The use which St. Paul makes of these words (Romans 10:18) is as natural as striking. The march of truth has always been compared to the spread of light. But the allegorical interpretation based on the quotation, making the heavens a figure of the Church and the sun of the Gospel, loses the force and beauty of the Apostle's application.In them hath . . .--This clause is not only rightly joined to Psalm 19:4, but concludes a stanza: the relative in the next verse of the Authorised Version mars the true construction. . . .
