New English Translation
Psalms 50:12
12Even if I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and all it contains belong to me.
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
10For every wild animal in the forest belongs to me, as well as the cattle that graze on a thousand hills. 11I keep track of every bird in the hills, and the insects of the field are mine. Even if I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and all it contains belong to me. 13Do I eat the flesh of bulls? Do I drink the blood of goats? 14Present to God a thank-offering! Repay your vows to the sovereign One!
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 Lord owns the earth and all it contains, the world and all who live in it.
- Psalms 115:15May you be blessed by the Lord, the creator of heaven and earth!
- Exodus 19:5And now, if you will diligently listen to me and keep my covenant, then you will be my special possession out of all the nations, for all the earth is mine,
- Deuteronomy 10:14The heavens – indeed the highest heavens – belong to the Lord your God, as does the earth and everything in it.
- Job 41:11(Who has confronted me that I should repay? Everything under heaven belongs to me!)
- 1 Corinthians 10:26for the earth and its abundance are the Lord’s.
- Psalms 104:24How many living things you have made, O Lord! You have exhibited great skill in making all of them; the earth is full of the living things you have made.
- Psalms 145:15Everything looks to you in anticipation, and you provide them with food on a regular basis.
- Genesis 1:11God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: plants yielding seeds according to their kinds, and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds.” It was so.
- Genesis 8:17Bring out with you all the living creatures that are with you. Bring out every living thing, including the birds, animals, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. Let them increase and be fruitful and multiply on 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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