KJV King James Version
The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, [and whatsoever] passeth through the paths of the seas.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Psalm 8:8
The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, [and whatsoever] passeth through the paths of the seas.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.
WEB World English Bible
The birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
ASV American Standard Version
The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, Whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Bird of the heavens, and fish of the sea, Passing through the paths of the seas!
Surrounding context — Psalm 8
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 the sea, [and whatsoever] passeth through the paths of the seas.
9 O LORD our Lord, how excellent [is] thy name in all the earth!
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Psalm 148:10Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:Genesis 1:20-25And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl [that] may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.Job 38:39Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,Job 40:15Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
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