Psalms 104:14

In 11 translations

BSB

He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:

KJV

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;

WEB

He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may produce food out of the earth:

ASV

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,

LSV

Causing grass to spring up for livestock, || And herb for the service of man, || To bring forth bread from the earth,

YLT

Causing grass to spring up for cattle, And herb for the service of man, To bring forth bread from the earth,

DBY

He maketh the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man; bringing forth bread out of the earth,

DRC103:14

Bringing forth grass for cattle, and herb for the service of men. That thou mayst bring bread out of the earth:

GNV

He causeth grasse to growe for the cattell, and herbe for the vse of man, that he may bring forth bread out of the earth,

JPS

Who causeth the grass to spring up for the cattle, and herb for the service of man; to bring forth bread out of the earth,

LXXE103:14

He makes grass to grow for the cattle, and green herb for the service of men, to bring bread out of the earth;

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Original-language editions

WLC

מַצְמִ֤יחַ חָצִ֨יר ׀ לַבְּהֵמָ֗ה וְ֭עֵשֶׂב לַעֲבֹדַ֣ת הָאָדָ֑ם לְה֥וֹצִיא לֶ֝֗חֶם מִן־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

LXX-Br103:14

Ὁ ἐξανατέλλων χόρτον τοῖς κτήνεσι, καὶ χλόην τῇ δουλείᾳ τῶν ἀνθρώπων· τοῦ ἐξαγαγεῖν ἄρτον ἐκ τῆς γῆς,

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 136:25He gives food to every creature. His loving devotion endures forever.
• Psalms 147:8–9who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills. He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.
• Psalms 145:15–16The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season. You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
• Job 28:5Food may come from the earth, but from below it is transformed as by fire.
• 1 Corinthians 3:7So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
• Genesis 9:3Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.
• Genesis 1:11–12Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so. The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants…
• Genesis 3:18Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.
• Genesis 1:29–30Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food. And to every beast of the earth and every bird of…
• Job 38:27to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass?
• Joel 2:22Do not be afraid, O beasts of the field, for the open pastures have turned green, the trees bear their fruit, and the fig tree and vine yield their best.
• Jeremiah 14:5–6Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass. Wild donkeys stand on barren heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of pasture.”
• Genesis 2:9Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
• 1 Kings 18:5Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.”
• Genesis 2:5Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted; for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.
• Genesis 4:12When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”

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