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Psalms 50:12
12If I were hungry, I would not tell you, because the world and all that it contains are mine.
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
10Every creature in the forest, ⌞even⌟ the cattle on a thousand hills, is mine. 11I know every bird in the mountains. Everything that moves in the fields is mine. If I were hungry, I would not tell you, because the world and all that it contains are mine. 13Do I eat the meat of bulls or drink the blood of goats? 14Bring ⌞your⌟ thanks to God as a sacrifice, and keep your vows to the Most High.
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 earth and everything it contains are the Lord’s. The world and all who live in it are his.
- Psalms 115:15You will be blessed by the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.
- Exodus 19:5If you carefully obey me and are faithful to the terms of my promise, then out of all the nations you will be my own special possession, even though the whole world is mine.
- Deuteronomy 10:14Remember that the sky, the highest heaven, the earth and everything it contains belong to the Lord your God.
- Job 41:11Who can confront me that I should repay him? Everything under heaven belongs to me!
- 1 Corinthians 10:26Certainly, “The earth is the Lord’s and everything it contains is his.”
- Psalms 104:24What a large number of things you have made, O Lord! You made them all by wisdom. The earth is filled with your creatures.
- Psalms 145:15The eyes of all creatures look to you, and you give them their food at the proper time.
- Genesis 1:11Then God said, “Let the earth produce vegetation: plants bearing seeds, each according to its own type, and fruit trees bearing fruit with seeds, each according to its own type.” And so it was.
- Genesis 8:17Bring out every animal that’s with you: birds, domestic animals, and every creature that crawls on the earth. Be fertile, increase in number, and spread 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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