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

New Living Translation
You cause grass to grow for the livestock and plants for people to use. You allow them to produce 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

Berean Standard Bible
He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing 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;

New King James Version
He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, And vegetation for the service of man, 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 mankind, So that they may produce food from the earth,

NASB 1995
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,

NASB 1977
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,

Legacy Standard Bible
He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, And vegetation for man’s cultivation, To bring forth food from the earth,

Amplified Bible
He causes grass to grow for the cattle, And all that the earth produces for cultivation by man, So that he may bring food from the earth—

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

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,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He makes grass to sprout for the beasts and green plants for the service of man to bring forth bread from the Earth.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
He makes grass to grow for the cattle, and green herb for the service of men, to bring bread out of the earth;

Contemporary English Version
You let the earth produce grass for cattle, plants for our food,

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

English Revised 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:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You make grass grow for cattle and make vegetables for humans to use in order to get food from the ground.

Good News Translation
You make grass grow for the cattle and plants for us to use, so that we can grow our crops

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

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,

Literal Standard Version
Causing grass to spring up for livestock, | And herb for the service of man, | To bring forth bread from the earth,

Majority Standard Bible
He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:

New American Bible
You make the grass grow for the cattle and plants for people’s work to bring forth food from the earth,

NET Bible
He provides grass for the cattle, and crops for people to cultivate, so they can produce food from the ground,

New Revised Standard Version
You cause the grass to grow for the cattle, and plants for people to use, to bring forth food from the earth,

New Heart English Bible
He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food out of the earth:

Webster's Bible Translation
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;

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:

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,

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Context
How Many Are Your Works, O LORD!
13He waters the mountains from His chambers; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of His works. 14He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth: 15wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart.…

Cross References
Genesis 1:11
Then 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 1:29
Then 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.

Deuteronomy 11:15
And I will provide grass in the fields for your livestock, and you will eat and be satisfied.

Job 28:5
Food may come from the earth, but from below it is transformed as by fire.

Job 38:27
to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass?

Job 40:20
The hills yield him their produce, while all the beasts of the field play nearby.

Psalm 36:6
Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.


Treasury of Scripture

He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;

causeth

Psalm 145:15,16
The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season…

Psalm 147:8,9
Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains…

Genesis 1:11,12,29
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, upon the earth: and it was so…

herb

Genesis 1:29
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon 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.

Genesis 2:9
And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 3:18
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

that he

Psalm 136:25
Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Genesis 4:12
When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

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

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Psalm 104
1. A meditation upon the mighty power
7. And wonderful providence of God
31. God's glory is eternal
33. The prophet vows perpetually to praise God














(14) For the service of man--i.e., for his use (so Gesenius). But some deny this meaning to the Hebrew, which properly means "labour" or "office." (In 1Chronicles 27:26; Nehemiah 10:37, it means "agriculture," "tillage.") Hence they render, "And herbs for man's labour in bringing them forth from the earth," alluding to his task of cultivating the soil. Standing by itself the clause would indeed naturally require this sense, but the parallelism is against it, and in 1Chronicles 26:30, "service of a king," we have a near approach to the meaning "use."

That he may.--Better, bringing food out of the earth, taking the verb as gerund instead of infinitive absolute.

Verse 14. - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle. The results of God's careful arrangements are now spoken cf. In the first place, grass - fodder of every kind - is provided for the beasts on which man's life so greatly depends - a boon both to man and beast, of inestimable value. Next, there is brought forth herb for the service of man - i.e. for his direct service - vegetables and fruits for his food; spicy shrubs for his delectation; flax, papyrus, saffron, aloes, etc., for his use. That he may bring forth food out of the earth. That man himself may by his labour, by the cultivation of the natural products, obtain from the earth the food suitable to him.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He makes the grass
חָצִ֨יר ׀ (ḥā·ṣîr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2682: Green grass, herbage

grow
מַצְמִ֤יחַ (maṣ·mî·aḥ)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 6779: To sprout, spring up

for the livestock
לַבְּהֵמָ֗ה (lab·bə·hê·māh)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 929: A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal

and provides crops
וְ֭עֵשֶׂב (wə·‘ê·śeḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6212: Herb, herbage

for man
הָאָדָ֑ם (hā·’ā·ḏām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

to cultivate,
לַעֲבֹדַ֣ת (la·‘ă·ḇō·ḏaṯ)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 5656: Work of any kind

bringing forth
לְה֥וֹצִיא (lə·hō·w·ṣî)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

food
לֶ֝֗חֶם (le·ḥem)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain

from
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

the earth:
הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land


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