Genesis 2:5
Good News Translation
there were no plants on the earth and no seeds had sprouted, because he had not sent any rain, and there was no one to cultivate the land;

New Revised Standard Version
when no plant of the field was yet in the earth and no herb of the field had yet sprung up—for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no one to till the ground;

Contemporary English Version
no grass or plants were growing anywhere. God had not yet sent any rain, and there was no one to work the land.

New American Bible
there was no field shrub on earth and no grass of the field had sprouted, for the LORD God had sent no rain upon the earth and there was no man to till the ground,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And every plant of the field before it sprung up in the earth, and every herb of the ground before it grew: for the Lord God had not rained upon the earth; and there was not a man to till the earth.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And every plant of the field before it sprung up in the earth, and every herb of the ground before it grew: for the Lord God had not rained upon the earth; and there was not a man to till the earth.

plant.

Genesis 1:12 And the earth brought forth the green herb, and such as yieldeth seed according to its kind, and the tree that beareth fruit, having seed each one according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Psalm 104:14 Bringing forth grass for cattle, and herb for the service of men. That thou mayst bring bread out of the earth:

had not.

Job 5:10 Who giveth rain upon the face of the earth, and watereth all things with waters:

Job 38:26-28 That it should rain on the earth without man in the wilderness, where no mortal dwelleth: . . .

Psalm 65:9-11 Thou hast visited the earth, and hast plentifully watered it; thou hast many ways enriched it. The river of God is filled with water, thou hast prepared their food: for so is its preparation. . . .

Psalm 135:7 He bringeth up clouds from the end of the earth: he hath made lightnings for the rain. He bringeth forth winds out of his stores:

Jeremiah 14:22 Are there any among the graven things of the Gentiles that can send rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou the Lord our God, whom we have looked for? for thou hast made all these things.

Matthew 5:45 That you may be the children of your Father who is in heaven, who maketh his sun to rise upon the good, and bad, and raineth upon the just and the unjust.

Hebrews 6:7 For the earth, that drinketh in the rain which cometh often upon it and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is tilled, receiveth blessing from God.

to till.

Genesis 3:23 And the Lord God sent him out of the paradise of pleasure, to till the earth from which he was taken.

Genesis 4:2,12 And again she brought forth his brother Abel. And Abel was a shepherd, and Cain a husbandman. . . .

Context
Man and Woman in the Garden
4These are the generations of the heaven and the earth, when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the heaven and the earth: 5And every plant of the field before it sprung up in the earth, and every herb of the ground before it grew: for the Lord God had not rained upon the earth; and there was not a man to till the earth.6But a spring rose out of the earth, watering all the surface of the earth.…
Cross References
Genesis 1:11
And he said: let the earth bring forth green herb, and such as may seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after its kind, which may have seed in itself upon the earth. And it was so done.

Genesis 2:6
But a spring rose out of the earth, watering all the surface of the earth.

Psalm 65:9
Thou hast visited the earth, and hast plentifully watered it; thou hast many ways enriched it. The river of God is filled with water, thou hast prepared their food: for so is its preparation.

Psalm 65:10
Fill up plentifully the streams thereof, multiply its fruits; it shall spring up and rejoice in its showers.

Jeremiah 10:12
He that maketh the earth by his power, that prepareth the world by his wisdom, and stretcheth out the heavens by his knowledge.

Jeremiah 10:13
At his voice he giveth a multitude of waters in the heaven, and lifteth up the clouds from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings for rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

Genesis 2:4
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