King James Version
Psalms 50:12 in the King James Version says “If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 50 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.”
Psalms 50:12 · KJV
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.
Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
KJV Study — Public Domain
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“thee for the world”
H8398the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as babylonia,
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