KJV King James Version
He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
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Psalm 104:14
He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:
WEB World English Bible
He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food out of the earth:
ASV American Standard Version
He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, And herb for the service of man; That he may bring forth food out of the earth,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Causing grass to spring up for cattle, And herb for the service of man, To bring forth bread from the earth,
Surrounding context — Psalm 104
11 They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.
12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, [which] sing among the branches.
13 He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
15 And wine [that] maketh glad the heart of man, [and] oil to make [his] face to shine, and bread [which] strengtheneth man’s heart.
16 The trees of the LORD are full [of sap]; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;
17 Where the birds make their nests: [as for] the stork, the fir trees [are] her house.
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מַצְמִ֤יחַH6779 · tsa.machto springחָצִ֨יר׀H2682 · cha.tsirgrassלַבְּהֵמָ֗הH929 · be.he.mahanimalוְ֭עֵשֶׂבH6212 · e.sevvegetationלַעֲבֹדַ֣תH5656 · a.vo.dahserviceהָאָדָ֑םH120 · a.dammanלְה֥וֹצִיאH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeלֶ֝֗חֶםH3899 · le.chemfoodמִן־H4480 · minfromהָאָֽרֶץ׃H776 · e.retsland: country/planet
Cross-references
Psalm 136:25Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.Psalm 147:8-9Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.Psalm 145:15-16The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.Job 28:5[As for] the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.1 Corinthians 3:7So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.Genesis 9:3Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.Genesis 3:18Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;Genesis 1:11-12And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, [and] the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed [is] in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.Job 38:27To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground]; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?Genesis 1:29-30And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which [is] upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which [is] the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.Joel 2:22Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.Jeremiah 14:5-6Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook [it], because there was no grass.1 Kings 18:5And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.Genesis 2:9And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.Genesis 4:12When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.Genesis 2:5And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and [there was] not a man to till the ground.
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