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Psalms 104:14

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

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  • WEB World English Bible

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

  • 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;

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    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,

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Cross-references (16)

Passages linked to Psalms 104:14 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Psalms 136:25 who gives food to every creature; for his loving kindness endures forever.
  • Psalms 147:8-9 who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass grow on the mountains. He provides food for the livestock, and for the young ravens when they call.
  • Job 28:5 As for the earth, out of it comes bread; Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
  • Psalms 145:15-16 The eyes of all wait for you. You give them their food in due season. You open your hand, and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
  • 1 Corinthians 3:7 So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.
  • Genesis 3:18 It will yield thorns and thistles to you; and you will eat the herb of the field.
  • Genesis 9:3 Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. As I gave you the green herb, I have given everything to you.
  • Genesis 1:11-12 God said, “Let the earth yield grass, herbs yielding seeds, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with their seeds in it, on the earth;” and it was so. The earth yielded grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with their seeds in it, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.
  • Genesis 1:29-30 God said, “Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food. To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food;” and it was so.
  • Job 38:27 to satisfy the waste and desolate ground, to cause the tender grass to grow?
  • Jeremiah 14:5-6 Yes, the doe in the field also calves and forsakes her young, because there is no grass. The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights. They pant for air like jackals. Their eyes fail, because there is no vegetation.
  • Joel 2:22 Don’t be afraid, you animals of the field; for the pastures of the wilderness spring up, for the tree bears its fruit. The fig tree and the vine yield their strength.
  • 1 Kings 18:5 Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go through the land, to all the springs of water, and to all the brooks. Perhaps we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we not lose all the animals.”
  • Genesis 2:5 No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was not a man to till the ground,
  • Genesis 2:9 Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
  • Genesis 4:12 From now on, when you till the ground, it won’t yield its strength to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth.”

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Explain this verse (13 sources)

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain He describeth God’s provident care over man, who doth…

He describeth God’s provident care over man, who doth not only provide necessary things for him, as herbs and other meat: but also things to rejoice and comfort him as wine and oil, or ointments.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 104:14 He causeth the grass to grow for…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Herb for the service of man; both for delight,…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle,....…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 14. He causeth the grass to grow for…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 14. Grass… for the cattle… herb for… man—From the…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 14. herb] Cp. Gen_1:11-12; Gen_1:29-30; Gen_3:18; Gen_9:3. The term…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (14) For the service of man—i.e., for his use…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle.…
Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Ver. 14. He causeth the grass to grow for…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain He causeth the grass to grow.
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 104:14 people to use: People are the managers of…

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