Psalm 104:12
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New International Version (©1984)
The birds of the air nest by the waters; they sing among the branches.

New Living Translation (©2007)
The birds nest beside the streams and sing among the branches of the trees.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell; they sing among the branches.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell; They lift up their voices among the branches.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
And the birds of the sky alight upon them; from among the mountains they give a sound.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The birds live by the streams. They sing among the branches.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.

American King James Version
By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.

American Standard Version
By them the birds of the heavens have their habitation; They sing among the branches.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Over them the birds of the air shall dwell: from the midst of the rocks they shall give forth their voices.

Darby Bible Translation
The birds of heaven dwell by them; they give forth their voice from among the branches.

English Revised Version
By them the fowl of the heaven have their habitation, they sing among the branches.

Webster's Bible Translation
By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.

World English Bible
The birds of the sky nest by them. They sing among the branches.

Young's Literal Translation
By them the fowl of the heavens doth dwell, From between the branches They give forth the voice.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation - Among them the fowls of the air dwell. That is, among the trees which spring up by the fountains and water-courses. The whole picture is full of animation and beauty.

Which sing among the branches - Margin, as in Hebrew, "give a voice." Their voice is heard - their sweet music - in the foliage of the trees which grow on the margin of the streams and by the fountains. There is scarcely to be found a more beautiful poetic image than this.


Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation - All fowls love verdure, and have their residence where they can find wood and water.


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation,.... Another use of the springs, fountains, and rivers of water; by the sides and on the shores of these, some birds delight to be, and on trees that grow here do they build their nests; and here, having wetted their throats, they sit, and chirp, and sing: to doves, by rivers of water, is the allusion in Sol 5:12.

Which sing among the branches; of trees that grow by the sides of fountains and rivers; see Ezekiel 17:23. To such birds may saints be compared; being, like them, weak, defenceless, and timorous; liable to be taken in snares, and sometimes wonderfully delivered; as well as given to wanderings and strayings: and to fowls of the heaven, being heaven born souls, and partakers of the heavenly calling. These have their habitation by the fountain of Jacob, by the river of divine love, beside the still waters of the sanctuary; where they sing the songs of Zion, the songs of electing, redeeming, and calling grace.


Geneva Study Bible

By {f} them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.

(f) There is no part of the world so barren where most evident signs of God's blessing do not appear.


King James Translators' Notes

sing: Heb. give a voice


Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

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 God provide for the inferior creatures, and will he not be a refuge to his people?


Matthew 8:20 Jesus replied, "Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."
Matthew 13:32 Though it is the smallest of all your seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and perch in its branches."
Mark 4:32 Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds of the air can perch in its shade."
Psalm 104:17 There the birds make their nests; the stork has its home in the pine trees.

Air Birds Branches Dwell Forth Fowl Fowls Habitation Heaven Heavens Lift Nest Resting-Places Sing Sky Song Voice Voices Waters


By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.

the fowls Ps 104:16,17 50:11 84:3 148:10 Mt 6:26

sing. Heb. give a voice Ps 147:9

Psalms Chapter 104 Verse 12

Alphabetical: air among Beside birds branches by dwell heavens lift nest of sing The their them they up voices waters

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