Psalms 50:12

What does Psalms 50:12 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 50:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

If I had need of food, I would not give you word of it; for the earth is mine and all its wealth.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

If I am hungry I tell not to thee, For Mine <FI>is<Fi> the world and its fulness.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Create a clean heart in me, O God: and renew a right spirit within my bowels.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

v.11I know all the birds of the mountains; And the wild beasts of the field are mine.

v.12This passage

v.13Will I eat the flesh of bulls, Or drink the blood of goats?

Cross references

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

  • Exodus 19:5

    Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be mine own possession from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine:

  • Genesis 1:11

    And God said, Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit-trees bearing fruit after their kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth: and it was so.

  • Psalms 104:24

    O Jehovah, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all: The earth is full of thy riches.

  • Job 41:11

    Who hath first given unto me, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:26

    for the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof.

  • Psalms 24:1

    The earth is Jehovah’s, and the fulness thereof; The world, and they that dwell therein.

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