I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.
Parallel translations
- WEB I know all the birds of the mountains. The wild animals of the field are mine.
- KJV I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
- NKJV I know all the birds of the mountains, And the wild beasts of the field are Mine.
- NASB “I know every bird of the mountains, And everything that moves in the field is Mine.
- NLT I know every bird on the mountains, and all the animals of the field are mine.
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Quick answer
God knows every bird of the mountains, and all the wild creatures are His. Nothing in creation lies outside His ownership and care.
Overview
Continuing the theme of divine ownership, God claims even the birds and wild animals as His own and known to Him. His knowledge and possession extend to all creatures. This magnifies His self-sufficiency and providence, the same care Jesus invokes when He says not a sparrow falls apart from the Father.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- 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?
- Gen 1:20–22And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
- 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!
- Job 39:26–30Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread his wings toward the south?
- Ezek 14:15–16Or if I send wild beasts through the land to leave it childless and desolate, with no man passing through it for fear of the beasts,
- Matt 10:29–31Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.
- Ps 147:9He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.
- Isa 56:9Come, all you beasts of the field; eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest.
- Job 39:13–18The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork.
- Ps 104:12The birds of the air nest beside the springs; they sing among the branches.
- Job 38:41Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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