Psalms 104:14
12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.
13 He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
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;
15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man’s heart.
16 The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:
- KJV
- 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;
- WEB
- He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may produce food out of the earth:
- ASV
- 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,
- DARBY
- He maketh the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man; bringing forth bread out of the earth,
- BLB
- causing the grass to sprout for the cattle, and vegetation for the service of man, to bring forth food from the earth,
- ÅB
- Han lar gress gro for feet og urter til menneskets tjeneste, til å få brød fram av jorden.
- OTB
- Han lar gresset gro for buskapen,
Og planter til menneskets nytte,
Så de kan frembringe mat fra jorden, - B1930
- Han lar gress gro for feet og urter til menneskets tjeneste, til å få brød frem av jorden.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 136:25
Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Read in contextPsalms 147:8–9
Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
Read in contextJob 28:5
As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
Read in contextGenesis 9:3
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
Read in contextPsalms 145:15–16
The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.
Read in context1 Corinthians 3:7
So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
Read in contextGenesis 1:11–12
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.
Read in contextGenesis 3:18
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
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