'Grass' in the Bible

And lo, from the Nile there came up seven cows, sleek and fat; and they grazed in the marsh grass.

and behold, seven cows, fat and sleek came up out of the Nile, and they grazed in the marsh grass.

Moab said to the elders of Midian, “Now this horde will lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field.” And Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.

He will give grass in your fields for your cattle, and you will eat and be satisfied.

‘All its land is brimstone and salt, a burning waste, unsown and unproductive, and no grass grows in it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in His anger and in His wrath.’

“Let my teaching drop as the rain,My speech distill as the dew,As the droplets on the fresh grassAnd as the showers on the herb.

Is as the light of the morning when the sun rises,A morning without clouds,When the tender grass springs out of the earth,Through sunshine after rain.’

Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs of water and to all the valleys; perhaps we will find grass and keep the horses and mules alive, and not have to kill some of the cattle.”

‘Therefore their inhabitants were short of strength,They were dismayed and put to shame;They were as the vegetation of the field and as the green herb,As grass on the housetops is scorched before it is grown up.

“You will know also that your descendants will be many,And your offspring as the grass of the earth.

“Does the wild donkey bray over his grass,Or does the ox low over his fodder?

To satisfy the waste and desolate landAnd to make the seeds of grass to sprout?

“Behold now, Behemoth, which I made as well as you;He eats grass like an ox.

For they will wither quickly like the grassAnd fade like the green herb.

May he come down like rain upon the mown grass,Like showers that water the earth.

You have swept them away like a flood, they fall asleep;In the morning they are like grass which sprouts anew.

That when the wicked sprouted up like grassAnd all who did iniquity flourished,It was only that they might be destroyed forevermore.

My heart has been smitten like grass and has withered away,Indeed, I forget to eat my bread.

My days are like a lengthened shadow,And I wither away like grass.

As for man, his days are like grass;As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

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,

Thus they exchanged their gloryFor the image of an ox that eats grass.

Let them be like grass upon the housetops,Which withers before it grows up;

Who covers the heavens with clouds,Who provides rain for the earth,Who makes grass to grow on the mountains.

The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion,But his favor is like dew on the grass.

When the grass disappears, the new growth is seen,And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in,

Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes stubbleAnd dry grass collapses into the flame,So their root will become like rot and their blossom blow away as dust;For they have rejected the law of the Lord of hostsAnd despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

For the waters of Nimrim are desolate.Surely the grass is withered, the tender grass died out,There is no green thing.

The scorched land will become a poolAnd the thirsty ground springs of water;In the haunt of jackals, its resting place,Grass becomes reeds and rushes.

“Therefore their inhabitants were short of strength,They were dismayed and put to shame;They were as the vegetation of the field and as the green herb,As grass on the housetops is scorched before it is grown up.

A voice says, “Call out.”Then he answered, “What shall I call out?”All flesh is grass, and all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.

The grass withers, the flower fades,When the breath of the Lord blows upon it;Surely the people are grass.

The grass withers, the flower fades,But the word of our God stands forever.

And they will spring up among the grassLike poplars by streams of water.’

“I, even I, am He who comforts you.Who are you that you are afraid of man who diesAnd of the son of man who is made like grass,

Then you will see this, and your heart will be glad,And your bones will flourish like the new grass;And the hand of the Lord will be made known to His servants,But He will be indignant toward His enemies.

“For even the doe in the field has given birth only to abandon her young,Because there is no grass.

“Yet leave the stump with its roots in the ground,But with a band of iron and bronze around itIn the new grass of the field;And let him be drenched with the dew of heaven,And let him share with the beasts in the grass of the earth.

In that the king saw an angelic watcher, a holy one, descending from heaven and saying, “Chop down the tree and destroy it; yet leave the stump with its roots in the ground, but with a band of iron and bronze around it in the new grass of the field, and let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and let him share with the beasts of the field until seven periods of time pass over him,”

that you be driven away from mankind and your dwelling place be with the beasts of the field, and you be given grass to eat like cattle and be drenched with the dew of heaven; and seven periods of time will pass over you, until you recognize that the Most High is ruler over the realm of mankind and bestows it on whomever He wishes.

and you will be driven away from mankind, and your dwelling place will be with the beasts of the field. You will be given grass to eat like cattle, and seven periods of time will pass over you until you recognize that the Most High is ruler over the realm of mankind and bestows it on whomever He wishes.’

Immediately the word concerning Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled; and he was driven away from mankind and began eating grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until his hair had grown like eagles’ feathers and his nails like birds’ claws.

He was also driven away from mankind, and his heart was made like that of beasts, and his dwelling place was with the wild donkeys. He was given grass to eat like cattle, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until he recognized that the Most High God is ruler over the realm of mankind and that He sets over it whomever He wishes.