King James Version
Psalms 50:10 in the King James Version says “For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 50 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.”
Psalms 50:10 · KJV
I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.
For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine. mine: Heb. with me
If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“For every beast”
H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
“of the forest”
H3293a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
“is mine and the cattle”
H929properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
“upon a thousand”
H505hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
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