King James Version
Psalms 74:17 in the King James Version says “Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter. made: Heb. made them” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 74 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter. made: Heb. made them”
Psalms 74:17 · KJV
Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers. mighty: Heb. rivers of strength
The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter. made: Heb. made them
Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Thou hast set”
H5324to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“summer”
H7019harvest (as the crop), whether the product (grain or fruit) or the (dry) season
“and winter”
H2779properly, the crop gathered, i.e., (by implication) the autumn (and winter) season; figuratively, ripeness of age
“thou hast made”
H3335to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e., form a resolution)
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