Psalms 104:14

Who causeth the grass to shoot forth for the cattle, And the herb, for the service of man, That he may bring forth food out of the earth;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The 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;

In Context

13Who watereth the mountains out of his upper chambers, Out of the fruit of thy works, thou satisfiest the earth.

15And, wine, may rejoice the heart of man, Making radiant his well-nourished face,—And, food, may, the heart of man, sustain.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:12And the land brought-forth vegetation—herb yielding seed after its kind, and tree bearing fruit, whose seed is within it, after its kind, And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 2:5Now, no bush of the field, as yet—was in the earth, and, no herb of the field, as yet had sprung up,—because Yahweh God had not sent rain on the earth, and, man, was there none to till the ground;

Genesis 3:18Thorn also and thistle, shall it shoot forth to thee,—when thou hast come to eat of the herb of the field:

Genesis 9:3As for every moving thing that hath life, yours, shall it be, for food,—Like the green herb, have I given you all things.

1 Kings 18:5So then Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go, and let us pass throughout the land, unto all the fountains of water, and unto all the ravines, peradventure we may find grass, and save alive horse and mule, and not have more of the beasts cut off.

Job 38:27To satisfy the wild and the wilderness, to cause to spring forth the meadow of 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 →

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