King James Version
Psalms 50:13 in the King James Version says “Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 50 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?”
Psalms 50:13 · KJV
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:
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“the flesh”
H1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
“the blood”
H1818blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe
“of goats”
H6260prepared, i.e., full grown; spoken only (in plural) of he-goats, or (figuratively) leaders of the people
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