And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.
You cause the grass to grow for the livestock and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food from the earth
He gives to the beasts their food, and to the young ravens that cry.
The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season. You open your hand; you satisfy the desire of every living thing.
For the mountains yield food for him where all the wild beasts play.
“Can you hunt the prey for the lion, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions, when they crouch in their dens or lie in wait in their thicket? Who provides for the raven its prey, when its young ones cry to God for help, and wander about for lack of food?
“Behold, Behemoth, which I made as I made you; he eats grass like an ox.
Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.
His young ones suck up blood, and where the slain are, there is he.”
He ranges the mountains as his pasture, and he searches after every green thing.
Their young ones become strong; they grow up in the open; they go out and do not return to them.
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