Psalm 147:4
New International Version
He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name.

New Living Translation
He counts the stars and calls them all by name.

English Standard Version
He determines the number of the stars; he gives to all of them their names.

Berean Standard Bible
He determines the number of the stars; He calls them each by name.

King James Bible
He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.

New King James Version
He counts the number of the stars; He calls them all by name.

New American Standard Bible
He counts the number of the stars; He gives names to all of them.

NASB 1995
He counts the number of the stars; He gives names to all of them.

NASB 1977
He counts the number of the stars; He gives names to all of them.

Legacy Standard Bible
Who counts the number of the stars; He gives names to all of them.

Amplified Bible
He counts the number of the stars; He calls them all by their names.

Christian Standard Bible
He counts the number of the stars; he gives names to all of them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He counts the number of the stars; He gives names to all of them.

American Standard Version
He counteth the number of the stars; He calleth them all by their names.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He counts the number of the stars and he calls all of them by names.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
He numbers the multitudes of stars; and calls them all by names.

Contemporary English Version
He decided how many stars there would be in the sky and gave each one a name.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Who telleth the number of the stars: and calleth them all by their names.

English Revised Version
He telleth the number of the stars; he giveth them all their names.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He determines the number of stars. He gives each one a name.

Good News Translation
He has decided the number of the stars and calls each one by name.

International Standard Version
He keeps track of the number of stars, assigning names to all of them.

JPS Tanakh 1917
He counteth the number of the stars; He giveth them all their names.

Literal Standard Version
Appointing the number of the stars, | He gives names to all of them.

Majority Standard Bible
He determines the number of the stars; He calls them each by name.

New American Bible
He numbers the stars, and gives to all of them their names.

NET Bible
He counts the number of the stars; he names all of them.

New Revised Standard Version
He determines the number of the stars; he gives to all of them their names.

New Heart English Bible
He counts the number of the stars. He calls them all by their names.

Webster's Bible Translation
He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.

World English Bible
He counts the number of the stars. He calls them all by their names.

Young's Literal Translation
Appointing the number of the stars, To all them He giveth names.

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Context
It is Good to Sing Praises
3He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. 4He determines the number of the stars; He calls them each by name. 5Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit.…

Cross References
Genesis 15:5
And the LORD took him outside and said, "Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able." Then He told him, "So shall your offspring be."

Isaiah 40:26
Lift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.


Treasury of Scripture

He tells the number of the stars; he calls them all by their names.

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Psalm 8:3
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

Psalm 148:3
Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.

Genesis 15:5
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

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Psalm 147
1. The prophet exhorts to praise God for his care of the church
4. His power and wisdom
6. His mercy
7. His providence
12. To praise him for his blessings upon the kingdom
15. For his power over the elements
19. And for his ordinances in the church














(4) Stars.--This proof of God's power to help, by reference to the stars of heaven, which are beyond man's power to count, much more to name, but which the Almighty both numbers and names, seems rather abruptly introduced, but the train of thought is clear. To assemble the dispersed of Israel, however numerous and scattered, was easy to the ruler of the hosts of heaven. The original promise to Abraham was, of course, in the poet's mind, but still more Isaiah 40:26-28, from which the expression may have been taken. The dramatic "Lift your eyes on high and behold" supplies the link needed in the abrupt entrance of the thought of the psalm.

Verse 4. - He telleth the number of the stars. Nothing escapes God's knowledge. He knew the number of the exiles, and the place and name of each, just as he knows the number of the stars and their names (comp. Isaiah 40:26). He calleth them all by their names (see Job 9:9; Isaiah l.s.c.).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He determines
מוֹנֶ֣ה (mō·w·neh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 4487: To weigh out, to allot, constitute officially, to enumerate, enroll

the number
מִ֭סְפָּר (mis·pār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4557: A number, definite, indefinite, narration

of the stars;
לַכּוֹכָבִ֑ים (lak·kō·w·ḵā·ḇîm)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3556: A star, a prince

He calls
יִקְרָֽא׃ (yiq·rā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

them each
לְ֝כֻלָּ֗ם (lə·ḵul·lām)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

by name.
שֵׁמ֥וֹת (šê·mō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8034: A name


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