Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

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;

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 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;

Holman 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,

A Conservative Version

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

Amplified


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—

Bible in Basic English

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;

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

Causing grass to spring up for the cattle, and the green herb for the service of man, to bring forth bread from the earth:

King James 2000

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;

Lexham Expanded Bible

[who] causes grass to grow for the cattle and herbs for the service of humankind, to bring forth food from the earth,

Modern King James verseion

He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, and plants for the service of man, to bring forth food out of the earth,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Thou bringest forth grass for the cattle, and green herbs for the service of men.

NET Bible

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

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

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 bring forth food out of the earth:

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
He causeth the grass
חציר 
Chatsiyr 
Usage: 21

to grow
צמח 
Tsamach 
Usage: 33

for the cattle
בּהמה 
B@hemah 
Usage: 190

and herb
עשׂב 
`eseb 
Usage: 33

for the service
עבודה עבדה 
`abodah 
Usage: 146

of man
אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

יצא 
Yatsa' 
....out, ....forth, bring, come, proceed, go, depart,
Usage: 1068

References

American

Easton

Watsons

Context Readings

Praise To Yahweh For His Creation And Providence

13 Who watereth the mountains out of his upper chambers, Out of the fruit of thy works, thou satisfiest the earth. 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; 15 And, wine, may rejoice the heart of man, Making radiant his well-nourished face, - And, food, may, the heart of man, sustain.


Cross References

Job 28:5

As for the earth, out of it, cometh forth bread, and, under it, is upturned, as it were fire;

Psalm 147:8-9

Who covereth the heavens with clouds, preparing rain for the earth, who causeth the mountains to sprout grass:

Genesis 3:18

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

Genesis 9:3

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

Psalm 136:25

Who giveth food to all flesh, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.

Genesis 1:11-12

And God said - Let the land put-forth vegetation-herb yielding seed, fruit-tree, bearing fruit, after its kind, whose seed is within it on the land. And it was so,

Genesis 1:29-30

And God said - Lo! I have given to you - every herb yielding seed which is on the face of all the land, and every tree wherein is the fruit of a tree yielding seed, - to you, shall it be, for food;

Genesis 2:5

Now, 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 2:9

And Yahweh God, caused to spring up, out of the ground, every tree pleasant to the sight and good for food, - and the tree of life, in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 4:12

Though thou till the ground, it shall not go on to give its vigour to thee. A wanderer and a fugitive, shalt thou be in the earth.

1 Kings 18:5

So 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 38:27

To satisfy the wild and the wilderness, to cause to spring forth the meadow of young grass?

Psalm 145:15-16

The eyes of all, for thee, do wait, and, thou, givest them their food in its season.

Jeremiah 14:5-6

For, even the hind of the field hath calved and forsaken, Because there is no young herbage;

Joel 2:22

Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field, for sprouted have the pastures of the wilderness, - for, the tree, hath borne its fruit, the fig-tree and the vine, have yielded their wealth.

1 Corinthians 3:7

So that, neither is he that planteth anything, nor, he that watereth, - but, God, who causeth to, grow.

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