Psalms 50:13

Psalms 50:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Will I eat the flesh of bulls, Or drink the blood of goats?
• New Living Translation (NLT)Do I eat the meat of bulls? Do I drink the blood of goats?

Context of Psalms 50:13

11I know every bird in the mountains, and the insects in the fields are mine. 12If I were hungry I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it. Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats? 14“Sacrifice thank offerings to God, fulfill your vows to the Most High, 15and call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”

Psalms 50:13 word by word

הַֽ֭אוֹכַל בְּשַׂ֣ר אַבִּירִ֑ים וְדַ֖ם עַתּוּדִ֣ים אֶשְׁתֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Will I eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• the fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• of bullsאַבִּיר'abbîyr · mighty: oxH47
• or drinkשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354
• the bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• of goatsעַתּוּד‛attûd ‛attûd · goatH6260

Commentaries on Psalms 50:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Will I eat the flesh of bulls - Can ye be so simple as to suppose that I appointed such sacrifices for my own gratification? All these were significative of a spiritual worship, and of the sacrifice of that Lamb of God which, in the fullness of time, was to take away, in an atoning manner, the sin of the world.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? - This is said to show still further the absurdity of the views which seem to have prevailed among those who offered sacrifices. They offered them “as if” they were needed by God; “as if” they laid him under obligation; “as if” in some way they contributed to his happiness, or were essential to his welfare. The only supposition on which this could be true was, that he needed the flesh of the one…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

Topics related to Psalms 50:13

• Formalism
• Offerings

In the dictionaries

• Asaph
• Goat
• Psalms
• Reprove
• Bible, the
• Korahites; Sons of Korah
• Law in the Old Testament
• Psalms, Book of
• Sacrifice

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