Psalms 8:7

Sheep and oxen, all of them,—yea even the beasts of the field;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;

In Context

6Shouldst give him dominion over the works of thy hands,—All things, shouldst have put under his feet:

8The bird of the heavens, and the fishes of the sea,— the passer-by on the paths of the seas?

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Cross References

Genesis 1:28And God blessed them, and God said to them Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it,—and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the bird of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth on the land.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 8:4-9

Condescension of God. 3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? 5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. 6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: 7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; 8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of… Read the whole commentary →

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