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The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Psalms 50:11

I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Animals;   Formalism;   Offerings;   Scofield Reference Index - Judgments;   The Topic Concordance - Belonging;   Earth;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Beasts;   Birds;   Burnt Offering, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Asaph;   Psalms, the Book of;   Sacrifice;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - God;   Nature;   Worship;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Animals;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - God;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Asaph;   Beast;   English Versions;   Gift, Giving;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Jonah;   Psalms;   Sin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Firstborn;   Wealth (2);   People's Dictionary of the Bible - God;   Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Birds;   Foreknow;   Wild Beast;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Atonement;   God;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I know every bird of the mountains,and the creatures of the field are mine.
Hebrew Names Version
I know all the birds of the mountains. The wild animals of the field are mine.
King James Version
I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
English Standard Version
I know all the birds of the hills, and all that moves in the field is mine.
New Century Version
I know every bird on the mountains, and every living thing in the fields is mine.
New English Translation
I keep track of every bird in the hills, and the insects of the field are mine.
Amplified Bible
"I know every bird of the mountains, And everything that moves in the field is Mine.
New American Standard Bible
"I know every bird of the mountains, And everything that moves in the field is Mine.
World English Bible
I know all the birds of the mountains. The wild animals of the field are mine.
Geneva Bible (1587)
I knowe all the foules on the mountaines: and the wilde beastes of the fielde are mine.
Legacy Standard Bible
I know every bird of the mountains,And everything that moves in the field is Mine.
Contemporary English Version
I know all the birds in the mountains, and every wild creature is in my care.
Complete Jewish Bible
I know all the birds in the mountains; whatever moves in the fields is mine.
Darby Translation
I know all the fowl of the mountains, and the roaming creatures of the field are mine:
Easy-to-Read Version
I know every bird in the mountains. Everything that moves in the fields is mine.
George Lamsa Translation
I know all the fowls of the air; and the wild beasts of the desert are mine.
Good News Translation
All the wild birds are mine and all living things in the fields.
Lexham English Bible
I know every bird of the mountains, and every moving creature in the field is mine.
Literal Translation
I know all the birds of the mountains; and all moving in My fields are Mine;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I knowe all the foules vpon the mountaynes, and the wilde beastes of the felde are in my sight.
American Standard Version
I know all the birds of the mountains; And the wild beasts of the field are mine.
Bible in Basic English
I see all the birds of the mountains, and the beasts of the field are mine.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
I know all the fowls of the mountains; and the wild beasts of the field are Mine.
King James Version (1611)
I know all the foules of the mountaines: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
I knowe all the foules vpon the mountaynes: and the wylde beastes of the fielde are at my commaundement.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
I know all the birds of the sky; and the beauty of the field is mine.
English Revised Version
I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
I haue knowe alle the volatils of heuene; and the fairnesse of the feeld is with me.
Update Bible Version
I know all the birds of the mountains; And the wild beasts of the field are mine.
Webster's Bible Translation
I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field [are] mine.
New King James Version
I know all the birds of the mountains, And the wild beasts of the field are Mine.
New Living Translation
I know every bird on the mountains, and all the animals of the field are mine.
New Life Bible
I know every bird of the mountains. And all things that move in the field are Mine.
New Revised Standard
I know all the birds of the air, and all that moves in the field is mine.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I know every bird of the mountains, And, the moving things of the plain, are with me:
Douay-Rheims Bible
(49-11) I know all the fowls of the air: and with me is the beauty of the field.
Revised Standard Version
I know all the birds of the air, and all that moves in the field is mine.
Young's Literal Translation
I have known every fowl of the mountains, And the wild beast of the field [is] with Me.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I know every bird of the mountains, And everything that moves in the field is Mine.

Contextual Overview

7"Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God. 8I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me. 9I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens, 10for every beast of the forest is Mine-the cattle on a thousand hills. 11I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.12If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof. 13Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? 14Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High. 15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

know: Psalms 104:12, Psalms 147:9, Genesis 1:20-22, Job 38:41, Job 39:13-18, Job 39:26-30, Matthew 6:26, Matthew 10:29-31, Luke 12:24

wild: Isaiah 56:9, Ezekiel 14:15, Ezekiel 14:16

mine: Heb. with me

Reciprocal: Exodus 19:5 - all the earth Psalms 148:10 - Beasts Daniel 2:38 - the beasts Matthew 21:3 - The Lord Luke 12:6 - and

Cross-References

Genesis 13:7
And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land.
Genesis 24:6
Abraham replied, "Make sure that you do not take my son back there.
Genesis 34:30
Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought trouble upon me by making me repugnant to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed."
Genesis 50:10
When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wailed loudly, and Joseph mourned for his father seven days.
Genesis 50:15
When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, "What if Joseph bears a grudge? Then he will surely repay us for all the evil that we did to him."
Genesis 50:19
But Joseph replied, "Do not be afraid. Am I in the place of God?
Deuteronomy 3:25
Please let me cross over and see the beautiful land beyond the Jordan-that wonderful hill country and Lebanon!"
Deuteronomy 3:27
Go to the top of Pisgah and look to the west and north and south and east. See the land with your own eyes, for you will not cross this Jordan.
Deuteronomy 11:30
Are not these mountains across the Jordan, west of the road toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah opposite Gilgal, near the Oak of Moreh?
1 Samuel 6:18
The number of gold rats also corresponded to the number of Philistine cities belonging to the five rulers-the fortified cities and their outlying villages. And to this day the large rock on which they placed the ark of the LORD is in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I know all the fowls of the mountains,.... God not only knows them, but takes care of them; not a sparrow fails to the ground without his knowledge, and all the fowls of the air are fed by him,

Matthew 10:29; and therefore needed not their turtledoves and young pigeons, which were the only fowls used in sacrifice;

and the wild beasts of the field [are] mine; which are mentioned in opposition to domestic ones, such as they had in their houses or folds,

Psalms 50:9.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I know all the fowls of the mountains - That is, I am fully acquainted with their numbers; their nature; their habits; their residence. I have such a knowledge of them that I could appropriate them to my own use if I were in need of them. I am not, therefore, dependent on people to offer them, for I can use them as I please.

And the wild beasts of the field are mine - Margin, “with me.” That is, they are before me. They are never out of my presence. At any time, therefore, I could use them as I might need them. The word rendered “wild beasts” - זיז zı̂yz - means any moving thing; and the idea here is, whatever moves in the field, or roams abroad. Everything is his - whether on the mountains, in the forest, or in the cultivated field.


 
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