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How Majestic Is Your Name!

Psalms 8:8

In 11 translations

BSB
the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.
KJV
The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
WEB
the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
ASV
The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, Whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
LSV
Bird of the heavens, and fish of the sea, || Passing through the paths of the seas!
YLT
Bird of the heavens, and fish of the sea, Passing through the paths of the seas!
DBY
The fowl of the heavens, and the fishes of the sea, [whatever] passeth through the paths of the seas.
DRC8:9
The birds of the air, and the fishes of the sea, that pass through the paths of the sea.
GNV
The foules of the ayre, and the fish of the sea, and that which passeth through the paths of the seas.
JPS8:9
The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea; whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
LXXE8:9
the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea, the creatures passing through the paths of the sea.

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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

WLC8:9
צִפּ֣וֹר שָׁ֭מַיִם וּדְגֵ֣י הַיָּ֑ם עֹ֝בֵ֗ר אָרְח֥וֹת יַמִּֽים׃KJV:Ps.8.8
LXX-Br8:9
τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ τοὺς ἰχθύας τῆς θαλάσσης, τὰ διαπορευόμενα τρίβους θαλασσῶν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 148:10wild animals and all cattle, crawling creatures and flying birds,
  • Genesis 1:20–25And 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 38:39–39:30Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions when they crouch in their dens and lie in wait in the thicket? Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about…
  • Job 40:15–41:34Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you. He feeds on grass like an ox. See the strength of his loins and the power in the muscles of his belly. His tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are tightly…

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  • 8:9 in some Bibles
  • 8:8 in most Bibles

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