If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fullness thereof.

If I am hungry I tell not to thee, For Mine is the world and its fulness.

If I had need of food, I would not give you word of it; for the earth is mine and all its wealth.

If I were hungry, I would not tell thee - I should not have occasion to apply to you; I should not be dependent on you.
For the world is mine - The earth; all that has been created.
And the fulness thereof - All that fills the world; all that exists upon it. The whole is at his disposal; to all that the earth produces he has a right. This language is used to show the absurdity of the supposition that he was in any way dependent on man, or that the offering of sacrifice could be supposed in any way to lay him under obligation.

The world is mine, and the fullness thereof - Ye cannot, therefore, give me any thing that is not my own.

If I were hungry, I would not tell thee,.... Or "say to thee" (w); ask for anything
for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof; with which, was the former his case, he could satisfy himself; see Psalm 24:1.
(w) "non dicam tibi", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Musculus; "non dicerem tibi", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius, Michaelis.