Psalms 49:11
I know all the birds of the sky; 1 And the beauty of the field is mine. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
10For all the wild beasts of the thicket are mine, 1 The cattle on the mountains, and oxen. 1
12If I should be hungry, I will not tell thee: 1 For the world is mine, and the fullness of it. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 3:14And Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country round about Argob as far as the borders of Geshur and Maacath: he called them by his name Bashan-havvoth-jair until this day.
2 Samuel 18:18Now Absalom while yet alive had taken and set up for himself the pillar near which he was taken, and set it up so as to have the pillar in the king’s dale; for he said he had no son to keep his name in remembrance: and he called the pillar, Absalom’s hand, until this day.
Psalms 10:6He shall rain upon sinners snares, 1 Fire, and brimstone, and a stormy blast shall be the portion of their cup. 1
Psalms 64:6Thou art wonderful in righteousness. 1 Hearken to us, O God our Savior; 1 The hope of all the ends of the earth, 1 And of them that are on the sea afar off: 1
Ecclesiastes 2:21For there is such a man that his labor 1 Is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in fortitude; 1 Yet this man shall give his portion 1 To one who has not labored therein. 1 This is also vanity and great evil. 1
Matthew Henry on Psalms 49:7-15
The Vanity of Worldly Riches; The End of the Wicked. 6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; 7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: 8 (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) 9 That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption. 10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others. 11 Their inward thought is, that… Read the whole commentary →