King James Version

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;

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מַצְמִ֤יחַmatsmichabearצָמַחverb, hiphil, participle, absolute — “bear”, a verb used as a describing wordH6779to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)bear, bring forth, (cause to, make to) bud (forth), (cause to, make to) grow (again, up), (cause to) spring (forth, up).חָצִ֨ירchatsirgrassחָצִירnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “grass”, the ordinary formH2682grass; also a leek (collectively)grass, hay, herb, leek.לַבְּהֵמָ֗הlabhemahto beastבְּהֵמָהpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to beast”, the ordinary formH929properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)beast, cattle.וְ֭עֵשֶׂבveesevand grassעֶשֶׂבconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and grass”, the ordinary formH6212grass (or any tender shoot)grass, herb.לַעֲבֹדַ֣תlaavodatto workעֲבֹדָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “to work”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5656work of any kindact, bondage, [phrase] bondservant, effect, labour, ministering(-try), office, service(-ile, -itude), tillage, use, work, [idiom] wrought.הָאָדָ֑םhaadamthe personאָדָםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the person”, the ordinary formH120ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)[idiom] another, [phrase] hypocrite, [phrase] common sort, [idiom] low, man (mean, of low degree), person.לְה֥וֹצִיאlehotsito bring forthיָצָאpreposition, verb, hiphil, infinitive construct — “to bring forth”, the to-form of the verbH3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.[idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail…לֶ֝֗חֶםlechembreadלֶחֶםnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “bread”, the ordinary formH3899food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)(shew-) bread, [idiom] eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.מִןminfromמִןpreposition — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.הָאָֽרֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Who causeth the grass to spring up for the cattle, and herb for the service of man; to bring forth bread out of the earth,

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American Standard Version (1901)

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,

Young’s Literal Translation

Causing grass to spring up for cattle, And herb for the service of man, To bring forth bread from the earth,

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

He suffered no man to hurt them: and he reproved kings for their sakes.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Who causeth the grass to spring up for the cattle, and herb for the service of man; to bring forth bread out of the earth,

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

He makes grass to grow for the cattle, and green herb for the service of men, to bring bread out of the earth;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὁ ἐξανατέλλων χόρτον τοῖς κτήνεσι, καὶ χλόην τῇ δουλείᾳ τῶν ἀνθρώπων· τοῦ ἐξαγαγεῖν ἄρτον ἐκ τῆς γῆς,