for every beast of the forest is Mine—the cattle on a thousand hills.
Parallel translations
- WEB For every animal of the forest is mine, and the livestock on a thousand hills.
- KJV For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
- NKJV For every beast of the forest is Mine, And the cattle on a thousand hills.
- NASB “For every animal of the forest is Mine, The cattle on a thousand hills.
- NLT For all the animals of the forest are mine, and I own the cattle on a thousand hills.
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Quick answer
Every animal of the forest and the cattle on a thousand hills already belong to God. He owns all that the worshiper might offer.
Overview
God reminds Israel that all creation is His, so their gifts add nothing to Him. The phrase 'cattle on a thousand hills' has become a classic declaration of God's total ownership of all things. Genuine worship, then, springs from gratitude and dependence, not from supplying God a need.
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- Jer 27:5–6By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please.
- Ps 8:6–8You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:
- Ps 104:14He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:
- Dan 2:38Wherever the sons of men or beasts of the field or birds of the air dwell, He has given them into your hand and has made you ruler over them all. You are that head of gold.
- Ps 104:24–25How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.
- 1 Chr 29:14–16But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.
- Gen 2:19And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
- Jonah 4:11So should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well?”
- Gen 1:24–25And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.
- Gen 9:2–3The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered into your hand.
- Gen 8:17Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.”
- Gen 31:9Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me.
- Job 40:15–24Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you. He feeds on grass like an ox.
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