Psalm 104:14 {103:14}
Good News Translation
You make grass grow for the cattle and plants for us to use, so that we can grow our crops

New Revised Standard Version
You cause the grass to grow for the cattle, and plants for people to use, to bring forth food from the earth,

Contemporary English Version
You let the earth produce grass for cattle, plants for our food,

New American Bible
You make the grass grow for the cattle and plants for people’s work to bring forth food from the earth,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Bringing forth grass for cattle, and herb for the service of men. That thou mayst bring bread out of the earth:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

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Psalm 145:15,16 The eyes of all hope in thee, O Lord: and thou givest them meat in due season. . . .

Psalm 147:8,9 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, and prepareth rain for the earth. Who maketh grass to grow on the mountains, and herbs for the service of men. . . .

Genesis 1:11,12,29 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 2:5 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.

1 Kings 18:5 And Achab said to Abdias: Go into the land unto all fountains of waters, and into all valleys, to see if we can find grass, and save the horses and mules, that the beasts may not utterly perish.

Jeremiah 14:5,6 Yea, the hind also brought forth in the field, and left it, because there was no grass. . . .

Joel 2:22 Fear not, ye beasts of the fields: for the beautiful places of the wilderness are sprung, for the tree hath brought forth its fruit, the fig tree, and the vine have yielded their strength.

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Genesis 1:29 And God said: Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed upon the earth, and all trees that have in themselves seed of their own kind, to be your meat:

Genesis 2:9 And the Lord God brought forth of the ground all manner of trees, fair to behold, and pleasant to eat of: the tree of life also in the midst of paradise: and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 3:18 Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt eat the herbs of the earth.

Genesis 9:3 And every thing that moveth, and liveth shall be meat for you: even as the green herbs have I delivered them all to you:

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Psalm 136:25 Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Genesis 4:12 When thou shalt till it, it shall not yield to thee its fruit: a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be upon the earth.

Job 28:5 The land, out of which bread grew in its place, hath been overturned with fire.

1 Corinthians 3:7 Therefore, neither he that planteth is any thing, nor he that watereth: but God that giveth the increase.

Context
How Many Are Your Works, O LORD!
13Thou waterest the hills from thy upper rooms: the earth shall be filled with the fruit of thy works: 14Bringing forth grass for cattle, and herb for the service of men. That thou mayst bring bread out of the earth:15And that wine may cheer the heart of man. That he may make the face cheerful with oil: and that bread may strengthen man's heart.…
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 1:29
And God said: Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed upon the earth, and all trees that have in themselves seed of their own kind, to be your meat:

Deuteronomy 11:15
And your hay out of the fields to feed your cattle, and that you may eat and be filled.

Job 28:5
The land, out of which bread grew in its place, hath been overturned with fire.

Job 38:27
That it should fill the desert and desolate land, and should bring forth green grass?

Job 40:20
To him the mountains bring forth grass: there all the beasts of the field shall play.

Psalm 36:6
Thy justice is as the mountains of God, thy judgments are a great deep. Men and beasts thou wilt preserve, O Lord:

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 147:8
Who covereth the heaven with clouds, and prepareth rain for the earth. Who maketh grass to grow on the mountains, and herbs for the service of men.

Isaiah 30:23
And rain shall be given to thy seed, wheresoever thou shalt sow in the land: and the bread of the corn of the land shall be most plentiful, and fat. The lamb in that day shall feed at large in thy possession:

Psalm 104:13
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