Psalm 104:14 He makes grass grow for the cattle, and plants for people to cultivate-- bringing forth food from the earth:

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
He makes grass grow for the cattle, and plants for people to cultivate-- bringing forth food from the earth:

English Standard Version
You cause the grass to grow for the livestock and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food from the earth

New American Standard Bible
He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, And vegetation for the labor of man, So that he may bring forth food from the earth,

King James Bible
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;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He causes grass to grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, producing food from the earth,

International Standard Version
He causes grass to sprout for the cattle and plants for people to cultivate, to produce food from the land,

American Standard 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,

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

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

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

Cross References

Genesis 1:11
And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth: and it was so.

Genesis 1:29
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

Deuteronomy 11:15
And I will send grass in your fields for your cattle, that you may eat and be full.

Job 28:5
As for the earth, out of it comes bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.

Job 38:27
To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

Job 40:20
Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.

Psalm 36:6
Your righteousness is like the great mountains; your judgments are a great deep: O LORD, you preserve man and beast.

Psalm 65:9
You visit the earth, and water it: you greatly enrich it with the river of God, which is full of water: you prepare them corn, when you have so provided for it.

Psalm 147:8
Who covers the heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the mountains.

Isaiah 30:23
Then shall he give the rain of your seed, that you shall sow the ground with; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall your cattle feed in large pastures.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

104:10-18 When we reflect upon the provision made for all creatures, we should also notice the natural worship they render to God. Yet man, forgetful ungrateful man, enjoys the largest measure of his Creator's kindness. the earth, varying in different lands. Nor let us forget spiritual blessings; the fruitfulness of the church through grace, the bread of everlasting life, the cup of salvation, and the oil of gladness. Does God provide for the inferior creatures, and will he not be a refuge to his people?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

14, 15. so that men and beasts are abundantly provided with food.

for the service—literally, "for the culture," &c., by which he secures the results.

oil … shine—literally, "makes his face to shine more than oil," that is, so cheers and invigorates him, that outwardly he appears better than if anointed.

strengtheneth … heart—gives vigor to man (compare Jud 19:5).