Psalms 50:11
9 I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens,
10 for every beast of the forest is Mine— the cattle on a thousand hills.
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.
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
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
- I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.
- KJV
- I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
- WEB
- I know all the birds of the mountains. The wild animals of the field are mine.
- ASV
- I know all the birds of the mountains; And the wild beasts of the field are mine.
- DARBY
- I know all the fowl of the mountains, and the roaming creatures of the field are mine:
- BLB
- I know every bird of the mountains, and the wild beast of the field [is] unto Me.
- ÅB
- Jeg kjenner alle fjellenes fugler, og det som rører seg på marken, står for meg.
- OTB
- Jeg kjenner hver fugl i fjellene,
Og alt som rører seg på marken tilhører Meg. - B1930
- Jeg kjenner alle fjellenes fugler, og det som rører sig på marken, står for mig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 6:26
Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns—and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
Read in contextGenesis 1:20–22
And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
Read in contextJob 39:26–30
Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread his wings toward the south?
Read in contextLuke 12:24
Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!
Read in contextMatthew 10:29–31
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.
Read in contextPsalms 147:9
He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.
Read in contextPsalms 104:12
The birds of the air nest beside the springs; they sing among the branches.
Read in contextEzekiel 14:15–16
Or if I send wild beasts through the land to leave it childless and desolate, with no man passing through it for fear of the beasts,
Read in context