Psalms 104:14
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:”
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“He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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;”
King James Version · Public Domain“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,”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Causing grass to spring up for cattle, And herb for the service of man, To bring forth bread from the earth,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 104:14 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 1:11Then 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.
- Genesis 1:12The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:29Then 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.
- 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 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.
- Genesis 3:18Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.
- 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.”
- 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.
- Deuteronomy 11:15And I will provide grass in the fields for your livestock, and you will eat and be satisfied.
- 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.”
- Job 28:5Food may come from the earth, but from below it is transformed as by fire.
- Job 38:27to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass?
- Psalms 136:25He gives food to every creature. His loving devotion endures forever.
- Psalms 145:15The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.
- Psalms 147:8who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.
- Proverbs 27:25When hay is removed and new growth appears and the grain from the hills is gathered,
- Jeremiah 14:5Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no 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.
- 1 Corinthians 3:7So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
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