The eyes of all look to You, And You give them their food in due time.
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.
- BSB The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.
- NKJV The eyes of all look expectantly to You, And You give them their food in due season.
- 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 136:25Who gives food to every creature; for his loving kindness endures forever.
- Ps 104:27These all wait for you, that you may give them their food in due season.
- Acts 17:25neither is he served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath, and all things.
- Matt 6:26See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?
- Ps 147:8–9who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass grow on the mountains.
- Job 38:39–41“Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
- Luke 12:24Consider the ravens: they don’t sow, they don’t reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!
- Gen 1:30To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food;” and it was so.
- Ps 145:9Yahweh is good to all. His tender mercies are over all his works.
- Ps 104:21The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.
- Joel 2:22Don’t be afraid, you animals of the field; for the pastures of the wilderness spring up, for the tree bears its fruit. The fig tree and the vine yield their strength.
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