Psalms 50:10
8 I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.
9 I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens,
for every beast of the forest is Mine— the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- for every beast of the forest is Mine— the cattle on a thousand hills.
- KJV
- For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
- WEB
- For every animal of the forest is mine, and the livestock on a thousand hills.
- ASV
- For every beast of the forest is mine, And the cattle upon a thousand hills.
- DARBY
- For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle upon a thousand hills;
- BLB
- For every living [thing] of the forest [is] unto Me, [and] the cattle on a thousand hills.
- ÅB
- For meg hører alle dyr i skogen til, dyrene på fjellene i tusentall.
- OTB
- For hvert dyr i skogen er Mitt,
Kveget på tusen høyder. - B1930
- For mig hører alle dyr i skogen til, dyrene på fjellene i tusentall.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 27:5–6
By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please.
Read in contextPsalms 8:6–8
You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:
Read in contextPsalms 104:14
He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:
Read in contextDaniel 2:38
Wherever the sons of men or beasts of the field or birds of the air dwell, He has given them into your hand and has made you ruler over them all. You are that head of gold.
Read in contextPsalms 104:24–25
How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.
Read in context1 Chronicles 29:14–16
But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.
Read in contextGenesis 2:19
And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
Read in contextGenesis 1:24–25
And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.
Read in context