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Psalms 50:12
12Even if I did become hungry, I would not tell you. All the world belongs to me, and everything that is in it.
Psalms 50:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
- New International Version (NIV)If I were hungry I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and its fullness are mine.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“If I were hungry, I would not tell you; For the world is Mine, and all its fullness.
Context of Psalms 50:12
10All the wild animals of the forest belong to me! All the cows on a thousand hills belong to me! 11I know every bird in the mountains, as well as all the insects. Even if I did become hungry, I would not tell you. All the world belongs to me, and everything that is in it. 13Do I eat the meat of bulls? No! Do I drink the blood of goats? No! 14Say “thank you” to me as your offering. Do whatever you have promised to do for me, the Most High God.
Read all of Psalms 50Psalms 50:12 word by word
אִם־אֶ֭רְעַב לֹא־אֹ֣מַר לָ֑ךְ כִּי־לִ֥י תֵ֝בֵ֗ל וּמְלֹאָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 50:12
- Psalms 24:1The whole earth belongs to the Lord. Everybody who lives in the world and all the things in it belong to him.
- Psalms 115:15I pray that the Lord will bless you all. He is the one who made the whole universe.
- Exodus 19:5Now you must be careful to obey me and my covenant with you. Then you will belong to me as my special people. The whole earth belongs to me, and I have chosen you from among all the nations.
- Deuteronomy 10:14The whole sky and the highest heavens belong to the Lord your God. The earth and everything that is in it also belong to him.
- Job 41:11Nobody has ever won against me to make me pay them anything. Everything in the whole world belongs to me.
- 1 Corinthians 10:26The Bible says this: ‘The earth, and everything in it, belongs to the Lord.’
- Psalms 104:24Lord, you have made very many different things! You were very wise in the way that you have made them all. The earth is full of the living things that you have made.
- Psalms 145:15People look to you for help. You give them food when they need it.
- Genesis 1:11Then God said, ‘The land will cause plants to grow. There will be plants with their seeds and trees with their fruits. Each kind of plant and tree will have its own seeds and fruits.’ And what God said happened.
- Genesis 8:17Bring every different kind of living animal out of the ship. Bring out the birds, the animals, and the living things that move across the ground. Now they may give birth to young ones again. They can grow in number all over the earth.’
Commentaries on Psalms 50:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12The world is mine, and the fullness thereof - Ye cannot, therefore, give me any thing that is not my own.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12If I were hungry, I would not tell thee - I should not have occasion to apply to you; I should not be dependent on you. For the world is mine - The earth; all that has been created. And the fulness thereof - All that fills the world; all that exists upon it. The whole is at his disposal; to all that the earth produces he has a right. This language is used to show the absurdity of the supposition that he was in any way dependent on man, or that the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-15Verses 7-15 To obey is better than sacrifice, and to love God and our neighbour better than all burnt-offerings. We are here warned not to rest in these performances. And let us beware of resting in any form. God demands the heart, and how can human inventions please him, when repentance, faith, and holiness are neglected? In the day of distress we must apply to the Lord by fervent prayer. Our troubles, though we see them coming from God's hand, must…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-13The psalmist warns against valuing sacrificial rituals more than having the right attitude in your heart.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-158-15. However scrupulous in external worship, it was offered as if they conferred an obligation in giving God His own, and with a degrading view of Him as needing it [Psa 50:9-13]. Reproving them for such foolish and blasphemous notions, He teaches them to offer, or literally, "sacrifice," thanksgiving, and pay, or perform, their vows--that is, to bring, with the external symbolical service, the homage of the heart, and faith, penitence, and love. To this…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 50
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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