Daily Bible Verse - 7/16/2007 - Psalm 74:16

The day is yours, and yours also the night;
you established the sun and moon.(NIV)

The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.(KJV)

Yours is the day, Yours also is the night;
You have prepared the light and the sun. (NASB)

Psalm 74:16

Commentary
In His great works of creation (Gen. 1) God established His rule over day, night, light, and the sun. In addition, He established the seasons and set borders, a reference to the limitations He placed on the waters (Prov. 8:27-29).

Radmacher, Earl D. ; Allen, Ronald Barclay ; House, H. Wayne: Nelson's New Illustrated Bible Commentary. Nashville : T. Nelson Publishers, 1999, S. Ps 74:16-17

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On at least two occasions, He (God) interrupted the sun's regular course for His purposes. The sun stood still for Joshua at Gibeon (Josh. 10:13), and it went backwards for Hezekiah when he prayed for an extension of his life (Is. 38:8).

God also has the power to darken the sun. The prophet Joel predicted He would do that on the day of the Lord (Joel 2:31). Three of the gospel writers (Matt. 27:45; Mark 15:33; Luke 23:44-45) tell us that the sun grew dark at the Crucifixion. At the end of the world, God will extinguish the sun (Rev. 6:12; 9:2; 21:23; 22:5).

Youngblood, Ronald F. ; Bruce, F. F. ; Harrison, R. K. ; Thomas Nelson Publishers: Nelson's New Illustrated Bible Dictionary. Nashville : T. Nelson, 1995

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Daily Bible Verse - 7/15/2007 - Habakkuk 2:14

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For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. (NIV)

For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. (KJV)

For the earth will be filled
With the knowledge of the glory of the LORD,
As the waters cover the sea. (NASB)

Habakkuk 2:14

Commentary
In contrast to the self-exaltation of the Chaldeans, whose efforts come to naught, God promised that the whole earth would recognize His glory at the establishment of His millennial kingdom (cf. Num. 14:21; Ps. 72:19; Is. 6:3; 11:9).

MacArthur, John Jr: The MacArthur Study Bible. electronic ed. Nashville : Word Pub., 1997, c1997, S. Hab 2:14

CHALDEANS [kal DEE unz] (conquerors) - one of the ancient peoples that formed the dominant population in Babylonia, especially beginning with the empire of Nebuchadnezzar II (king of Babylonia from 605 to 562 b.c.). Source: Nelson's New Illustrated Bible Dictionary

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Habakkuk is not mentioned by name outside this book (Habakkuk). But several times the New Testament quotes the phrase from Habakkuk that would later launch the Protestant Reformation: "The just shall live by his faith" (Habakkuk 2:4, King James Version; compare this with Romans 1:17; Galatians 3:11; Hebrews 10:38).

Miller, Stephen M. ; Gross, Paul: How to Get into the Bible. Nashville : T. Nelson Publishers, 1998, S. 251

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