Psalms 50:11
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
American King James Version (AKJV)
I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
American Standard Version (ASV)
I know all the birds of the mountains; And the wild beasts of the field are mine.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
I see all the birds of the mountains, and the beasts of the field are mine.
Webster's Revision
I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
World English Bible
I know all the birds of the mountains. The wild animals of the field are mine.
English Revised Version (ERV)
I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
Definitions for Psalms 50:11
Barnes's Psalms 50:11 Bible Commentary
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 Iplease.
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.
Wesley's Psalms 50:11 Bible Commentary
50:11 The fowls - Such as are wild and fly up and down upon mountains.
