Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. As the green herb, I have given everything to you.
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 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.
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 The fear of you and the dread of you will be on every animal of the earth, and on every bird of the sky. Everything that the ground teems with, and all the fish of the sea are delivered into your hand. 3 Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. As the green herb, I have given everything to you. 4 But flesh with its life, its blood, you shall not eat.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:15
Notwithstanding, you may kill and eat flesh within all your gates, after all the desire of your soul, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which he has given you: the unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle, and as of the hart.
Romans 14:14
I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself; except that to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
Genesis 1:29-30
God said, "Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food.
Leviticus 11:1-47
The LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,
Leviticus 22:8
That which dies of itself, or is torn by animals, he shall not eat, defiling himself by it. I am the LORD.
Deuteronomy 14:3-21
You shall not eat any abominable thing.
Psalm 104:14-15
He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food out of the earth:
Acts 10:12-15
in which were all kinds of four-footed animals of the earth, crawling creatures and birds of the sky.
Romans 14:3
Do not let him who eats despise him who does not eat. Do not let him who does not eat judge him who eats, for God has accepted him.
Romans 14:17
for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Romans 14:20
Do not overthrow God's work for food's sake. All things indeed are clean, however it is evil for that man who creates a stumbling block by eating.
1 Corinthians 10:23
"All things are lawful," but not all things are profitable. "All things are lawful," but not all things build up.
1 Corinthians 10:25-26
Whatever is sold in the butcher shop, eat, asking no question for the sake of conscience,
1 Corinthians 10:31
Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
Colossians 2:16
Let no man therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day,
Colossians 2:21-22
"Do not handle, nor taste, nor touch"
1 Timothy 4:3-5
forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.