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Psalms 104:17

What does Psalms 104:17 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 104:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Where the birds make their nests: As for the stork, the fir-trees are her house.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Where the birds make their nests: As for the stork, the fir-trees are her house.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Where the birds have their resting-places; as for the stork, the tall trees are her house.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Where birds do make nests, The stork--the firs <FI>are<Fi> her house.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

He sent a man before them: Joseph, who was sold for a slave.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Where the birds make their nests; [as for] the stork, the fir trees are her house.

Context

v.16The trees of Jehovah are filledwith moisture, The cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;

v.17This passage

v.18The high mountains are for the wild goats; The rocks are a refuge for the conies.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Matthew 13:32

    which indeed is less than all seeds; but when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the heaven come and lodge in the branches thereof.

  • Psalms 104:12

    By them the birds of the heavens have their habitation; They sing among the branches.

  • Jeremiah 22:23

    O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!

  • Ezekiel 31:6

    All the birds of the heavens made their nests in its boughs; and under its branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young; and under its shadow dwelt all great nations.

  • Daniel 4:21

    whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was food for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the birds of the heavens had their habitation:

  • Leviticus 11:19

    and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.

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