Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:
Parallel translations
- WEB wild animals and all livestock; small creatures and flying birds;
- BSB wild animals and all cattle, crawling creatures and flying birds,
- NKJV Beasts and all cattle; Creeping things and flying fowl;
- NASB Animals and all cattle; Crawling things and winged fowl;
- NLT wild animals and all livestock, small scurrying animals and birds,
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Quick answer
Wild animals, livestock, small creatures, and birds are called to praise God. The whole animal kingdom is summoned to worship.
Overview
Every kind of creature—wild and tame, crawling and flying—is called to join the chorus of praise. The diversity of animal life reflects the abundance of the Creator's wisdom. All living things owe their existence and breath to God (Genesis 1:24-25; Acts 17:25).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Ps 150:6Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.
- Gen 1:20–25And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
- Ps 103:22Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul.
- Gen 7:14They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
- Ezek 17:23In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.
- Ps 50:10–11For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
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