I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
Parallel translations
- WEB I know all the birds of the mountains. The wild animals of the field are mine.
- BSB I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures 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 6:26Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
- Gen 1:20–22And 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.
- Luke 12:24Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
- Job 39:26–30Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
- Ezek 14:15–16If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts:
- Matt 10:29–31Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
- Ps 147:9He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
- Isa 56:9All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.
- Job 39:13–18Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
- Ps 104:12By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.
- Job 38:41Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
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