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Psalms 104:14

104:13 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;

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He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may produce food out of the earth:

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;

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;

104:15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart. oil: Heb. to make his face shine with oil, or, more than oil

What does Psalms 104:14 mean?

Psalms 104:14 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include חָצִיר (châtsîyr), צָמַח (tsâmach), בְּהֵמָה (bᵉhêmâh).

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He
causeth
the
grassחָצִירchâtsîyr/khaw-tseer'/H2682grass; also a leek (collectively)
to
growצָמַחtsâmach/tsaw-makh'/H6779to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)
for
the
cattle,בְּהֵמָהbᵉhêmâh/be-hay-maw'/H929properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
and
herbעֶשֶׂבʻeseb/eh'seb/H6212grass (or any tender shoot)
for
the
serviceעֲבֹדָהʻăbôdâh/ab-o-daw'/H5656work of any kind
of
man:אָדָםʼâdâm/aw-dawm'/H120ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
that
he
may
bring
forthיָצָאyâtsâʼ/yaw-tsaw'/H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
foodלֶחֶםlechem/lekh'-em/H3899food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
out
of
the
earth;אֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 104:14.

Genesis 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 ground.

2 Kings 19:26

Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up. of small: Heb. short of hand

Deuteronomy 29:23

And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:

Exodus 8:17

And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

Exodus 9:22

And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.

Exodus 9:25

And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field.

Genesis 1:12

And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:24

And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

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What does Psalms 104:14 say?

Psalms 104:14 (King James Version) reads: "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;"

Is Psalms 104:14 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 104:14 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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