Psalms 50:11

9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.

10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.

12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

13 Will 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

    Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

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  • Genesis 1:20–22

    And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

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  • Job 39:26–30

    Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?

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  • Luke 12:24

    Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?

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  • Matthew 10:29–31

    Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.

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  • Psalms 147:9

    He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.

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  • Psalms 104:12

    By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.

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  • Ezekiel 14:15–16

    If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts:

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