Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you: as the green herb I give you everything.
New American Standard Bible
Every moving thing that is alive shall be food for you; I give all to you,
King James Version
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
Holman Bible
Every living creature will be food for you;
International Standard Version
"Every living, moving creature will be food for you. Just as I gave you green plants before, so now you have everything.
A Conservative Version
Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. As the green herb, I have given you all.
American Standard Version
Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you; As the green herb have I given you all.
Amplified
Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you; I give you everything, as I gave you the green plants and vegetables.
Bible in Basic English
Every living and moving thing will be food for you; I give them all to you as before I gave you all green things.
Julia Smith Translation
Every creeping thing which it lives shall be food to you as the green herb. I gave you all things.
King James 2000
Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you; even as the green plants have I given you all things.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Every moving thing that lives shall be for you as food. As [I gave] the green plants to you, I have [now] given you everything.
Modern King James verseion
Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. I have given you all things, even as the green herb.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And all that moveth upon the earth, having life, shall be your meat: Even as the green herbs, so give I you all things.
NET Bible
You may eat any moving thing that lives. As I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.
New Heart English Bible
Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. As the green herb, I have given everything to you.
The Emphasized Bible
As for every moving thing that hath life, yours, shall it be, for food, - Like the green herb, have I given you all things.
Webster
Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things:
World English Bible
Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. As the green herb, I have given everything to you.
Youngs Literal Translation
Every creeping thing that is alive, to you it is for food; as the green herb I have given to you the whole;
Themes
Animals » Ordained as food for man
Beasts » Given to man for food after the flood
Covenant » Of God with men » Everlasting
Endowments » Spiritual promised » Temporal
Gifts » Presents to men spiritual » Temporal, to men
God » Spiritual promised » Temporal
Man » Allowed to eat flesh after the flood
Topics
Interlinear
Chay
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 9:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Covenant With Noah
2 And let the fear of you and the dread of you be upon every animal of the earth, and upon all fowl of the heavens: upon all that moveth on the ground; and upon all the fishes of the sea: into your hand are they delivered. 3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you: as the green herb I give you everything. 4 Only, the flesh with its life, its blood, ye shall not eat.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:15
Nevertheless, according to all the desire of thy soul thou mayest slay and eat flesh in all thy gates, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the gazelle, and the hart.
Romans 14:14
I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself; except to him who reckons anything to be unclean, to that man it is unclean.
Genesis 1:29-30
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb producing seed that is on the whole earth, and every tree in which is the fruit of a tree producing seed: it shall be food for you;
Leviticus 11:1-47
And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,
Leviticus 22:8
Of a dead carcase and what is torn shall he not eat, to make himself unclean therewith: I am Jehovah.
Deuteronomy 14:3-21
Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.
Psalm 104:14-15
He maketh the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man; bringing forth bread out of the earth,
Acts 10:12-15
in which were all the quadrupeds and creeping things of the earth, and the fowls of the heaven.
Romans 14:3
Let not him that eats make little of him that eats not; and let not him that eats not judge him that eats: for God has received him.
Romans 14:17
for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Romans 14:20
For the sake of meat do not destroy the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil to that man who eats while stumbling in doing so.
1 Corinthians 10:23
All things are lawful, but all are not profitable; all things are lawful, but all do not edify.
1 Corinthians 10:25-26
Everything sold in the shambles eat, making no inquiry for conscience sake.
1 Corinthians 10:31
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatever ye do, do all things to God's glory.
Colossians 2:16
Let none therefore judge you in meat or in drink, or in matter of feast, or new moon, or sabbaths,
Colossians 2:21-22
Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch,
1 Timothy 4:3-5
forbidding to marry, bidding to abstain from meats, which God has created for receiving with thanksgiving for them who are faithful and know the truth.