Parallel Verses
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.
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.
Darby Translation
Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you: as the green herb I give you everything.
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 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 the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon the animals of the earth, and upon every bird of the air, upon all that moves on the earth, and upon all the fish of the sea. Into your hand they are delivered. 3 Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. I have given you all things, even as the green herb. 4 But you shall not eat of flesh with the life in it, or the blood of it.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:15
However, with all your soul's desire you shall sacrifice and eat flesh in all your gates, according to the blessing of Jehovah your God which He has given you, the clean and the unclean, one may eat, as of the gazelle, and as of the hart.
Romans 14:14
I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing by itself is common; except to him who esteems anything to be common, it is common.
Genesis 1:29-30
And God said, Behold! I have given you every herb seeding seed which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in which is the fruit of a tree seeding seed; to you it shall be for food.
Leviticus 11:1-47
And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,
Leviticus 22:8
He shall not eat a dead body or one torn, to defile himself with them. I am Jehovah.
Deuteronomy 14:3-21
You shall not eat any hateful thing.
Psalm 104:14-15
He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, and plants for the service of man, to bring forth food out of the earth,
Acts 10:12-15
in which were all the four-footed animals of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the reptiles, and the birds of the heaven.
Romans 14:3
Do not let him who eats despise him who does not eat; and do not let him who does not eat judge him who 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
Do not undo the work of God for food. Truly, all things indeed are clean, but it is bad to the man eating because of a stumbling-block.
1 Corinthians 10:23
All things are lawful to me, but not all things profit. All things are lawful to me, but not all things build up.
1 Corinthians 10:25-26
Eat whatever is sold in the meat market, asking no question for conscience' sake;
1 Corinthians 10:31
Therefore whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
Colossians 2:16
Therefore let no one judge you in food or in drink, or in respect of a feast, or of the new moon, or of the sabbaths.
Colossians 2:21-22
touch not, taste not, handle not;
1 Timothy 4:3-5
forbidding to marry, saying to abstain from foods which God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.