King James Version
Psalms 8:7 in the King James Version says “All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; All: Heb. Flocks and oxen all of them” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; All: Heb. Flocks and oxen all of them”
Psalms 8:7 · KJV
For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; All: Heb. Flocks and oxen all of them
The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
“yea and the beasts”
H929properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
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