Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food”; and it was so.
He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, And vegetation for the service of man, That he may bring forth food from the earth,
He gives to the beast its food, And to the young ravens that cry.
Surely the mountains yield food for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.
“Look now at the behemoth, which I made along with you; He eats grass like an ox.
Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. I have given you all things, even as the green herbs.
Its young ones suck up blood; And where the slain are, there it is.”
The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searches after every green thing.
Their young ones are healthy, They grow strong with grain; They depart and do not return to them.
And you shall take for yourself of all food that is eaten, and you shall gather it to yourself; and it shall be food for you and for them.”