The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.
Parallel translations
- WEB The eyes of all wait for you. You give them their food in due season.
- KJV The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.
- NKJV The eyes of all look expectantly to You, And You give them their food in due season.
- NASB The eyes of all look to You, And You give them their food in due time.
- NLT The eyes of all look to you in hope; you give them their food as they need it.
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Quick answer
All creatures look to God, and He gives them food at the proper time. He is the faithful provider for every living thing.
Overview
Every creature depends on God's timely provision, looking to Him as the source of life's needs. This expresses confident trust in His daily care. Jesus drew on such truth when teaching His disciples not to be anxious but to trust their heavenly Father's provision (Matthew 6:26).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Ps 136:25He gives food to every creature. His loving devotion endures forever.
- Ps 104:27All creatures look to You to give them their food in due season.
- Acts 17:25Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.
- Matt 6:26Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns—and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
- Ps 147:8–9who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.
- Job 38:39–41Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions
- Luke 12:24Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!
- Gen 1:30And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.
- Ps 145:9The LORD is good to all; His compassion rests on all He has made.
- Ps 104:21The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.
- Joel 2:22Do not be afraid, O beasts of the field, for the open pastures have turned green, the trees bear their fruit, and the fig tree and vine yield their best.
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