And 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. {moving: or, creeping} {life: Heb. soul} {fowl...: Heb. let fowl fly} {open...: Heb. face of the firmament of heaven}

Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?

{Gavest thou} the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? {wings and...: or, the feathers of the stork and ostrich}

If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts: {spoil: or, bereave}

Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. {farthing: it is in value halfpenny farthing in the original, as being the tenth part of the Roman penny}

All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, {yea}, all ye beasts in the forest.

He giveth to the beast his food, {and} to the young ravens which cry.

Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, {and} stretch her wings toward the south?

By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, {which} sing among the branches. {sing: Heb. give a voice}

Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.

Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth {is} mine:

By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, {which} sing among the branches. {sing: Heb. give a voice}