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Psalm 104

Psa. 104:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He causeth the grass
chatsiyr (Hebrew #2682)
grass; also a leek (collectively)
KJV usage: grass, hay, herb, leek.
Pronounce: khaw-tseer'
Origin: perhaps originally the same as 2681, from the greenness of a courtyard
to grow
tsamach (Hebrew #6779)
to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: bear, bring forth, (cause to, make to) bud (forth), (cause to, make to) grow (again, up), (cause to) spring (forth, up).
Pronounce: tsaw-makh'
Origin: a primitive root
for the cattle
bhemah (Hebrew #929)
properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
KJV usage: beast, cattle.
Pronounce: be-hay-maw'
Origin: from an unused root (probably meaning to be mute)
, and herb
`eseb (Hebrew #6212)
grass (or any tender shoot)
KJV usage: grass, herb.
Pronounce: eh'seb
Origin: from an unused root meaning to glisten (or be green)
for the service
`abodah (Hebrew #5656)
from 5647; work of any kind
KJV usage: act, bondage, + bondservant, effect, labour, ministering(-try), office, service(-ile, -itude), tillage, use, work, X wrought.
Pronounce: ab-o-daw'
Origin: or mabowdah {ab-o-daw'}
of man
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
: that he may bring forth
yatsa' (Hebrew #3318)
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
KJV usage: X after, appear, X assuredly, bear out, X begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), + be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, X scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, X still, X surely, take forth (out), at any time, X to (and fro), utter.
Pronounce: yaw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
food
lechem (Hebrew #3899)
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
KJV usage: ((shew-))bread, X eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals. See also 1036.
Pronounce: lekh'-em
Origin: from 3898
out of the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
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Cattle,
Earth,
Grass

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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causeth.
Psa. 145:15‑16• 15The eyes of all wait on thee;{HR}And thou givest them their food in its season.
 16Thou openest thy hand{HR}And satisfiest the pleasure of every living thing. (Psa. 145:15‑16)
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Psa. 147:8‑9• 8He covereth the heaven with clouds,{HR}He provideth rain for the earth,{HR}He causeth mountains to bring forth grass,
 9Giving to cattle their food,{HR}To young (sons of) ravens which cry. (Psa. 147:8‑9)
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Gen. 1:11‑12,29• 11And God said, Let the earth sprout grass, herb producing seed, fruit-trees yielding fruit after their kind, the seed of which [is] in them, on the earth. And it was so.
 12And the earth sprouted grass , herb producing seed after its kind, and trees yielding fruit, the seed of which [is] in them after their kind. And God saw that [it was] good.
 29And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb producing seed that [is] upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in which [is] the fruit of a tree producing seed: to you it shall be for food; (Gen. 1:11‑12,29)
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Gen. 2:5• 5And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew; for Jehovah Elohim had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no man to till the ground, (Gen. 2:5)
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1 Kings 18:5• 5{i}and Ahab said to Obadiah{/i}, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks, {i}perhaps we may find grass to save the horses and the mules alive, so that we may not have to destroy some of our beasts{/i}. (1 Kings 18:5)
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Jer. 14:5‑6• 5{i}For the hind also calveth in the field, and forsaketh its young, because there is no grass.{/i}
 6{i}And the wild asses stand on the heights, they snuff up the wind like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.{/i} (Jer. 14:5‑6)
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Joel 2:22• 22Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig-tree and the vine do yield their strength. (Joel 2:22)
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Gen. 1:29• 29And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb producing seed that [is] upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in which [is] the fruit of a tree producing seed: to you it shall be for food; (Gen. 1:29)
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Gen. 2:9• 9And out of the ground Jehovah Elohim made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowing good and evil. (Gen. 2:9)
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Gen. 3:18• 18and thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt eat herbage of the field; (Gen. 3:18)
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Gen. 9:3• 3Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you: as the green herb I give you everything. (Gen. 9:3)
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Psa. 136:25• 25Giving bread to all flesh;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever. (Psa. 136:25)
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Gen. 4:12• 12When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield its strength to thee; a fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be on the earth. (Gen. 4:12)
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Job 28:5• 5The earth, out of it cometh bread,{HR}And under it is turned up as it were fire. (Job 28:5)
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1 Cor. 3:7• 7So that neither he that planteth is anything, nor he that watereth, but God that giveth the increase. (1 Cor. 3:7)
• He sees the grass and herbs for the food of His creatures and the trees and the high hills for their shelter (vv. 14-18). All this speaks of the latter portion of the third day’s work viewed in its provision for God’s creatures. (“Psalm 104” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He maketh the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man; bringing forth bread out of the earth,

W. Kelly Translation

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He causeth to grow grass for the cattle{HR}And herb for the service of man,{HR}To bring forth bread from the earth;