Psalms 104:17

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“where the birds build their nests; the stork makes her home in the cypresses.”

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BSBPD

“where the birds build their nests; the stork makes her home in the cypresses.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Where the birds make their nests: As for the stork, the fir-trees are her house.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Where birds do make nests, The stork--the firs <FI>are<Fi> her house.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 104:17 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 11:19the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.
  2. Psalms 104:12The birds of the air nest beside the springs; they sing among the branches.
  3. Jeremiah 8:7Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons. The turtledove, the swift, and the thrush keep their time of migration, but My people do not know the requirements of the LORD.
  4. Jeremiah 22:23O inhabitant of Lebanon, nestled in the cedars, how you will groan when pangs of anguish come upon you, agony like a woman in labor.”
  5. Ezekiel 31:6All the birds of the air nested in its branches, and all the beasts of the field gave birth beneath its boughs; all the great nations lived in its shade.
  6. Daniel 4:21whose foliage was beautiful and whose fruit was abundant, providing food for all, under which the beasts of the field lived, and in whose branches the birds of the air nested—
  7. Obadiah 1:4Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.
  8. Matthew 13:32Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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