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Psalms 104:14

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;

KJV

Non reliquit hominem nocere eis : et corripuit pro eis reges.

Vulgate

οὐκ ἀφῆκεν ἄνθρωπον ἀδικῆσαι αὐτούς, καὶ ἤλεγξεν ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν βασιλεῖς

LXX

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,

ASV

מַצְמִ֤יחַ חָצִ֨יר לַ/בְּהֵמָ֗ה וְ֭/עֵשֶׂב לַ/עֲבֹדַ֣ת הָ/אָדָ֑ם לְ/ה֥וֹצִיא לֶ֝֗חֶם מִן הָ/אָֽרֶץ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
בְּהֵמָ֑ה
bhmh
noun · 189×
חֲצִ֣יר
chtsyr
noun · 21×
יְצַמַּ֥ח
ytsmch
verb · 33×
לֶ֣חֶם
lchm
noun · 297×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
עֲבֹדָ֖ה
'bdh
noun · 145×
עֵ֣שֶׂב
'shb
noun · 33×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§1333At the heart of the Eucharistic celebration are the bread and wine that, by the words of Christ and the invocation of the Holy Spirit, become Christ's Body and Blood. Faithful to the Lord's command the Church continues to do, in his memory and until his glorious return, what he did on the eve of his Passion: "He took bread...." "He took the cup filled with wine...." the signs o…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 3:7 — So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
  • Deut 11:15 — And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full.
  • Eccl 5:9 — Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
  • Gen 1:11 — 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.
  • Gen 1:11 — 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.
  • Gen 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.
  • Gen 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.
  • Gen 1:30 — And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
  • Gen 2:5 — And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the grou
  • Gen 3:18 — Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
  • Gen 3:18 — Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
  • Gen 9:3 — Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
  • Gen 9:3 — Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
  • Jer 14:5 — Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.
  • Job 28:5 — As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
  • Job 38:27 — To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
  • Job 40:20 — Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
  • Joel 2:22 — Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.
  • Jonah 4:11 — And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
  • Prov 27:25 — The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
  • Ps 50:10 — For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
  • Ps 136:25 — Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.
  • Ps 145:15 — The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.
  • Ps 147:8 — Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
  • Ruth 1:6 — Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.