Psalms 104:14
He makes the grass come up for the cattle, and plants for the use of man; so that bread may come out of the earth;
Bible in Basic English
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In Context
13He sends down rain from his store-houses on the hills: the earth is full of the fruit of his works.
Cross References
Genesis 1:12And grass came up on the earth, and every plant producing seed of its sort, and every tree producing fruit, in which is its seed, of its sort: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 2:5In the day when the Lord God made earth and heaven there were no plants of the field on the earth, and no grass had come up: for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no man to do work on the land.
Genesis 3:18Thorns and waste plants will come up, and the plants of the field will be your food;
Genesis 9:3Every living and moving thing will be food for you; I give them all to you as before I gave you all green things.
1 Kings 18:5And Ahab said to Obadiah, Come, let us go through all the country, to all the fountains of water and all the rivers, and see if there is any grass to be had for the horses and the transport beasts, so that we may be able to keep some of the beasts from destruction.
Job 38:27To give water to the land where there is waste and destruction, and to make the dry land green with young grass?
Matthew Henry on Psalms 104:11-19
The Divine Bounty. 10 He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills. 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… Read the whole commentary →