Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Causing grass to spring up for cattle, And herb for the service of man, To bring forth bread from the earth,
New American Standard Bible
And
So that
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
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:
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;
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:
Topics
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`abodah
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 104:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Praise To Yahweh For His Creation And Providence
13 Watering hills from His upper chambers, From the fruit of Thy works is the earth satisfied. 14 Causing grass to spring up for cattle, And herb for the service of man, To bring forth bread from the earth, 15 And wine -- it rejoiceth the heart of man, To cause the face to shine from oil, And bread -- the heart of man it supporteth.
Phrases
Cross References
Job 28:5
The earth! from it cometh forth bread, And its under-part is turned like fire.
Psalm 147:8-9
Who is covering the heavens with clouds, Who is preparing for the earth rain, Who is causing grass to spring up on mountains,
Genesis 3:18
and thorn and bramble it doth bring forth to thee, and thou hast eaten the herb of the field;
Genesis 9:3
Every creeping thing that is alive, to you it is for food; as the green herb I have given to you the whole;
Psalm 136:25
Giving food to all flesh, For to the age is His kindness.
Genesis 1:11-12
And God saith, 'Let the earth yield tender grass, herb sowing seed, fruit-tree (whose seed is in itself) making fruit after its kind, on the earth:' and it is so.
Genesis 1:29-30
And God saith, 'Lo, I have given to you every herb sowing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in which is the fruit of a tree sowing seed, to you it is for food;
Genesis 2:5
and no shrub of the field is yet in the earth, and no herb of the field yet sprouteth, for Jehovah God hath not rained upon the earth, and a man there is not to serve the ground,
Genesis 2:9
and Jehovah God causeth to sprout from the ground every tree desirable for appearance, and good for food, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 4:12
when thou tillest the ground, it doth not add to give its strength to thee -- a wanderer, even a trembling one, thou art in the earth.'
1 Kings 18:5
and Ahab saith unto Obadiah, 'Go through the land, unto all fountains of waters, and unto all the brooks, if so be we find hay, and keep alive horse and mule, and do not cut off any of the cattle.'
Job 38:27
To satisfy a desolate and waste place, And to cause to shoot up The produce of the tender grass?
Psalm 145:15-16
The eyes of all unto Thee do look, And Thou art giving to them their food in its season,
Jeremiah 14:5-6
For even the hind in the field hath brought forth -- to forsake it! For there hath been no grass.
Joel 2:22
Do not fear, O cattle of the field! For sprung forth have pastures of a wilderness, For the tree hath borne its fruit, Fig-tree and vine have given their strength!
1 Corinthians 3:7
so that neither is he who is planting anything, nor he who is watering, but He who is giving growth -- God;