The heaven, {even} the heavens, {are} the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.

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;

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which {is} upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which {is} the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. {bearing...: Heb. seeding seed} {yielding...: Heb. seeding seed}

And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and {will set them} to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.

Much food {is in} the tillage of the poor: but there is {that is} destroyed for want of judgment.

He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain {persons} shall have poverty enough.

And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed {is} the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat {of} it all the days of thy life;

And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground {was} Ezri the son of Chelub:

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, {and} look well to thy herds. {look...: Heb. set thy heart}

As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah to serve the Chaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put {them} in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have taken. {to serve: Heb. to stand before}

Much food {is in} the tillage of the poor: but there is {that is} destroyed for want of judgment.

Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

And Noah began {to be} an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:

Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary: