Psalm 50:10
New International Version
for every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills.

New Living Translation
For all the animals of the forest are mine, and I own the cattle on a thousand hills.

English Standard Version
For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.

Berean Standard Bible
for every beast of the forest is Mine—the cattle on a thousand hills.

King James Bible
For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

New King James Version
For every beast of the forest is Mine, And the cattle on a thousand hills.

New American Standard Bible
“For every animal of the forest is Mine, The cattle on a thousand hills.

NASB 1995
“For every beast of the forest is Mine, The cattle on a thousand hills.

NASB 1977
“For every beast of the forest is Mine, The cattle on a thousand hills.

Legacy Standard Bible
For every beast of the forest is Mine, The cattle on a thousand hills.

Amplified Bible
“For every beast of the forest is Mine, And the cattle on a thousand hills.

Christian Standard Bible
for every animal of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
for every animal of the forest is Mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.

American Standard Version
For every beast of the forest is mine, And the cattle upon a thousand hills.

Contemporary English Version
Every animal in the forest belongs to me, and so do the cattle on a thousand hills.

English Revised Version
For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Every creature in the forest, [even] the cattle on a thousand hills, is mine.

Good News Translation
all the animals in the forest are mine and the cattle on thousands of hills.

International Standard Version
Indeed, every animal of the forest is mine, even the cattle on a thousand hills.

Majority Standard Bible
for every beast of the forest is Mine—the cattle on a thousand hills.

NET Bible
For every wild animal in the forest belongs to me, as well as the cattle that graze on a thousand hills.

New Heart English Bible
For every animal of the forest is mine, and the livestock on a thousand hills.

Webster's Bible Translation
For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

World English Bible
For every animal of the forest is mine, and the livestock on a thousand hills.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
For every beast of the forest [is] Mine, "" The livestock on the hills of oxen.

Young's Literal Translation
For Mine is every beast of the forest, The cattle on the hills of oxen.

Smith's Literal Translation
For to me all the beasts of the forest, the cattle upon a thousand mountains.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
For all the beasts of the woods are mine: the cattle on the hills, and the oxen.

Catholic Public Domain Version
For all the wild beasts of the forest are mine: the cattle on the hills and the oxen.

New American Bible
For every animal of the forest is mine, beasts by the thousands on my mountains.

New Revised Standard Version
For every wild animal of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
For all the beasts of the forest are mine, and the cattle and the oxen upon the hills.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Because all the animals of the wilderness are mine, and the cattle that are on the hills, and the bulls.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
For every beast of the forest is Mine, And the cattle upon a thousand hills.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For all the wild beasts of the thicket are mine, the cattle on the mountains, and oxen.
Audio Bible



Context
The Mighty One Calls
9I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens, 10for every beast of the forest is Mine— the cattle on a thousand hills. 11I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.…

Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:14
Behold, to the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, and the earth and everything in it.

Psalm 24:1
A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.

1 Corinthians 10:26
for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.”

Job 41:11
Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.

Haggai 2:8
The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine, declares the LORD of Hosts.

Exodus 19:5
Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.

1 Chronicles 29:11
Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all.

Romans 11:36
For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.

Colossians 1:16
For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.

Genesis 1:26-28
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.” / So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. / God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”

Leviticus 25:23
The land must not be sold permanently, because it is Mine, and you are but foreigners and residents with Me.

Psalm 104:24
How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.

Isaiah 66:1-2
This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be? / Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.

Hebrews 2:8
and placed everything under his feet.” When God subjected all things to him, He left nothing outside of his control. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to him.

Revelation 4:11
“Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and were created.”


Treasury of Scripture

For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills.

every

Psalm 8:6-8
Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: …

Psalm 104:24,25
O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches…

Genesis 1:24,25
And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so…

cattle

Psalm 104:14
He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;

Genesis 31:9
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

Jonah 4:11
And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?

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For every beast of the forest is Mine
This phrase begins with the assertion of God's ownership over all creation. The Hebrew word for "beast" (בְּהֵמָה, behemah) refers to all kinds of animals, emphasizing the vastness of God's dominion. The "forest" (יַעַר, ya'ar) symbolizes the untamed and natural world, a place beyond human control, yet fully under God's authority. This reflects the biblical theme of God's sovereignty over the earth, as seen in Genesis 1:26, where God grants humans dominion over animals, yet He remains the ultimate owner. Historically, forests were seen as mysterious and formidable, reinforcing the idea that even the wildest parts of creation belong to God.

the cattle on a thousand hills
The word "cattle" (בָּקָר, baqar) refers to domesticated animals, which were central to ancient agrarian life, providing food, clothing, and labor. The phrase "a thousand hills" uses hyperbole to express the vastness of God's ownership. In Hebrew culture, the number "thousand" often signifies completeness or abundance. This imagery conveys that God's resources are limitless, and His provision is boundless. The hills, often seen as places of strength and stability, further emphasize God's control over all creation. This phrase reassures believers of God's ability to provide for their needs, as echoed in Philippians 4:19, where God promises to supply all needs according to His riches in glory.

(10) A thousand hills.--Literally, mountains of a thousand, an expression for which there is no analogy, but which might conceivably mean, "mountains where the cattle are by thousands;" but surely the LXX. and Vulg. are right here, in rendering "oxen" instead of "a thousand," and we should read "hills of oxen."

Verse 10. - For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. So the Revised Version, Dr. Kay, Canon Cook, the Four Friends, and others; but many critics regard such a rendering as impossible. Of these, some translate, "And the cattle upon the hills, where there are thousands" (Hupfeld, Hengstenberg, etc.); while others read אלהים for אלפ, and render, "And the cattle upon the mountains of God" (Olshausen, Cheyne).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
for
כִּי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

every
כָל־ (ḵāl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

beast
חַיְתוֹ־ (ḥay·ṯōw-)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

of the forest
יָ֑עַר (yā·‘ar)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3293: A copse of bushes, a forest, honey in the comb

is Mine—
לִ֥י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

the cattle
בְּ֝הֵמ֗וֹת (bə·hê·mō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 929: A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal

on a thousand
אָֽלֶף׃ (’ā·lep̄)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's 505: A thousand

hills.
בְּהַרְרֵי־ (bə·har·rê-)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 2042: Hill, mountain


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