King James Version
Psalms 104:23 in the King James Version says “Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 104 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.”
Psalms 104:23 · KJV
The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“goeth forth”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
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