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Psalms 50:12
12“If I were hungry, I would not tell you; For the world is Mine, and all its fullness.
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 Living Translation (NLT)If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for all the world is mine and everything in it.
Context of Psalms 50:12
10For every beast of the forest is Mine, And the cattle on a thousand hills. 11I know all the birds of the mountains, And the wild beasts of the field are Mine. “If I were hungry, I would not tell you; For the world is Mine, and all its fullness. 13Will I eat the flesh of bulls, Or drink the blood of goats? 14Offer to God thanksgiving, And pay 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 is the Lord’s, and all its fullness, The world and those who dwell therein.
- Psalms 115:15May you be blessed by the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.
- Exodus 19:5Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine.
- Deuteronomy 10:14Indeed heaven and the highest heavens belong to the Lord your God, also the earth with all that is in it.
- Job 41:11Who has preceded Me, that I should pay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.
- 1 Corinthians 10:26for “the earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness.”
- Psalms 104:24O Lord, how manifold are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all. The earth is full of Your possessions—
- Psalms 145:15The eyes of all look expectantly to You, And You give them their food in due season.
- Genesis 1:11Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth”; and it was so.
- Genesis 8:17Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is with you: birds and cattle and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, so that they may abound on the earth, 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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