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14 You cause grass to grow for the livestock
    and plants for people to use.
You allow them to produce food from the earth—

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14 He makes grass grow(A) for the cattle,
    and plants for people to cultivate—
    bringing forth food(B) from the earth:

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He covers the heavens with clouds,
    provides rain for the earth,
    and makes the grass grow in mountain pastures.
He gives food to the wild animals
    and feeds the young ravens when they cry.

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He covers the sky with clouds;(A)
    he supplies the earth with rain(B)
    and makes grass grow(C) on the hills.
He provides food(D) for the cattle
    and for the young ravens(E) when they call.

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25 He gives food to every living thing.
His faithful love endures forever.

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25 He gives food(A) to every creature.
His love endures forever.

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Food is grown on the earth above,
    but down below, the earth is melted as by fire.

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The earth, from which food comes,(A)
    is transformed below as by fire;

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It’s not important who does the planting, or who does the watering. What’s important is that God makes the seed grow.

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So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.

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18 It will grow thorns and thistles for you,
    though you will eat of its grains.

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18 It will produce thorns and thistles(A) for you,
    and you will eat the plants of the field.(B)

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15 The eyes of all look to you in hope;
    you give them their food as they need it.
16 When you open your hand,
    you satisfy the hunger and thirst of every living thing.

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15 The eyes of all look to you,
    and you give them their food(A) at the proper time.
16 You open your hand
    and satisfy the desires(B) of every living thing.

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I have given them to you for food, just as I have given you grain and vegetables.

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Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you.(A) Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.(B)

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11 Then God said, “Let the land sprout with vegetation—every sort of seed-bearing plant, and trees that grow seed-bearing fruit. These seeds will then produce the kinds of plants and trees from which they came.” And that is what happened. 12 The land produced vegetation—all sorts of seed-bearing plants, and trees with seed-bearing fruit. Their seeds produced plants and trees of the same kind. And God saw that it was good.

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11 Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation:(A) seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.(B)” And it was so.(C) 12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds(D) and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.(E)

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22 Don’t be afraid, you animals of the field,
    for the wilderness pastures will soon be green.
The trees will again be filled with fruit;
    fig trees and grapevines will be loaded down once more.

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22     Do not be afraid, you wild animals,
    for the pastures in the wilderness are becoming green.(A)
The trees are bearing their fruit;
    the fig tree(B) and the vine(C) yield their riches.(D)

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Even the doe abandons her newborn fawn
    because there is no grass in the field.
The wild donkeys stand on the bare hills
    panting like thirsty jackals.
They strain their eyes looking for grass,
    but there is none to be found.”

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Even the doe in the field
    deserts her newborn fawn
    because there is no grass.(A)
Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights(B)
    and pant like jackals;
their eyes fail
    for lack of food.”(C)

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27 Who sends rain to satisfy the parched ground
    and make the tender grass spring up?

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27 to satisfy a desolate wasteland
    and make it sprout with grass?(A)

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29 Then God said, “Look! I have given you every seed-bearing plant throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food. 30 And I have given every green plant as food for all the wild animals, the birds in the sky, and the small animals that scurry along the ground—everything that has life.” And that is what happened.

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29 Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.(A) 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life(B) in it—I give every green plant for food.(C)” And it was so.

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