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The Mighty One Calls

Psalms 50:11

In 11 translations

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.mine: Heb. with me
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.
LSV
I have known every bird of the mountains, || And the wild beast of the field [is] with Me.
YLT
I have known every fowl of the mountains, And the wild beast of the field [is] with Me.
DBY
I know all the fowl of the mountains, and the roaming creatures of the field are mine:
DRC49:11
I know all the fowls of the air: and with me is the beauty of the field.
GNV
I knowe all the foules on the mountaines: and the wilde beastes of the fielde are mine.
JPS
I know all the fowls of the mountains; and the wild beasts of the field are Mine.
LXXE49:11
I know all the birds of the sky; and the beauty of the field is mine.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
יָ֭דַעְתִּי כָּל־ע֣וֹף הָרִ֑ים וְזִ֥יז שָׂ֝דַ֗י עִמָּדִֽי׃
LXX-Br49:11
Ἔγνωκα πάντα τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ ὡραιότης ἀγροῦ μετʼ ἐμοῦ ἐστιν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Matthew 6:26Look 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?
  • Genesis 1:20–22And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.” So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the…
  • Job 39:26–30Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread his wings toward the south? Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high? He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky…
  • Luke 12:24Consider 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!
  • Isaiah 56:9Come, all you beasts of the field; eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest.
  • Matthew 10:29–31Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than…
  • Psalms 104:12The birds of the air nest beside the springs; they sing among the branches.
  • Job 39:13–18The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork. For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand. She forgets that a foot may crush them, or a wild…
  • Ezekiel 14:15–16Or 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, then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if these three men were in it,…
  • Psalms 147:9He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.
  • Job 38:41Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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