Psalms 104:17
Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.
Psalms 104:17 in other translations
| BSB | where the birds build their nests; the stork makes her home in the cypresses. |
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| WEB | where the birds make their nests. The stork makes its home in the cypress trees. |
| ASV | Where the birds make their nests: As for the stork, the fir-trees are her house. |
| YLT | Where birds do make nests, The stork--the firs are her house. |
| DARBY | Where the birds make their nests; as for the stork, the fir trees are her house. |
| BBE | Where the birds have their resting-places; as for the stork, the tall trees are her house. |
| Webster | Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir-trees are her house. |
What does Psalms 104:17 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 104:16-19
16-19. God's care of even wild animals and uncultivated parts of the earth.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 104:10-18
When we reflect upon the provision made for all creatures, we should also notice the natural worship they render to God. Yet man, forgetful ungrateful man, enjoys the largest measure of his Creator's kindness. the earth, varying in different lands. Nor let us forget spiritual blessings; the fruitfulness of the church through grace, the bread of everlasting life, the cup of salvation, and the oil of gladness. Does…
Psalms 104:17 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 104:17
- Psalms 104:12
By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.
- Leviticus 11:19
And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
- Ezekiel 31:6
All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.
- Matthew 13:32
Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
- Obadiah 1:4
Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord.
- Jeremiah 8:7
Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.
- Jeremiah 22:23
O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!
- Daniel 4:21
Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation:
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
12; Jer 22:23; Eze 31:6; Da 4:21; Ob 1:4; Mt 13:32
as for.
Le 11:19; Jer 8:7
the stork.The stork is a species of the ardea or heron genus, about the size of a goose in its body, but when erect, about three or four feet high; its general colour is white; extremity of the wings, and small part of the head, black; legs, very long, red, and naked a great way up; the toes four, long and connected, with flat nails like those of a man; beak long, jagged, red, and somewhat compressed; the upper and under chaps both of a length, with a furrow from the nostrils: it feeds on serpents, frogs, and insects, on which account it might be deemed unclean; lays four eggs, and sits thirty days; migrates about August, and returns in spring; and is remarkable for its love to its parents, whom it never forsakes, but feeds and cherishes when old; whence it had the name {chaseedah,} which denotes kindness or piety, and stork, from the Greek [storge,] natural affection.
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Context
- Psalms 104:16
The trees of the Lord are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;
- Psalms 104:17
Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.
- Psalms 104:18
The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
Psalms 104:17 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Allí anidan las aves; en las hayas hace su casa la cigüeña. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Où les oiseaux font leurs nids. Les pins sont la demeure de la cigogne. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Woselbst die Vögel nisten; der Storch-Cypressen sind sein Haus. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Misit ante eos virum: in servum venumdatus est, Joseph. |