Psalms 50:11

What does Psalms 50:11 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 50:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

I know all the birds of the mountains; And the wild beasts of the field are mine.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

I know all the birds of the mountains; And the wild beasts of the field are mine.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

I see all the birds of the mountains, and the beasts of the field are mine.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

I have known every fowl of the mountains, And the wild beast of the field <FI>is<Fi> with Me.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Turn away thy face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

I know all the fowl of the mountains, and the roaming creatures of the field are mine:

Context

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

v.11This passage

v.12If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; For the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

Cross references

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

  • Matthew 6:26

    Behold the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of much more value than they?

  • Genesis 1:20

    And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

  • Job 39:13

    The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; But are they the pinions and plumage of love?

  • Ezekiel 14:15

    If I cause evil beasts to pass through the land, and they ravage it, and it be made desolate, so that no man may pass through because of the beasts;

  • Job 39:26

    Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soareth, And stretcheth her wings toward the south?

  • Isaiah 56:9

    All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.

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