Parallel Verses

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;

New American Standard Bible

Every moving thing that is alive shall be food for you; I give all to you, as I gave the green plant.

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; as I gave the green plants, I have given you everything.

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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
רמשׂ 
Remes 
Usage: 17

חי 
Chay 
Usage: 502

shall be meat
אכלה 
'oklah 
Usage: 18

for you even as the green
ירק 
Yereq 
Usage: 6

עשׂב 
`eseb 
Usage: 33

נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

Context Readings

God's Covenant With Noah

2 and your fear and your dread is on every beast of the earth, and on every fowl of the heavens, on all that creepeth on the ground, and on all fishes of the sea -- into your hand they have been given. 3 Every creeping thing that is alive, to you it is for food; as the green herb I have given to you the whole; 4 only flesh in its life -- its blood -- ye do not eat.



Cross References

Deuteronomy 12:15

'Only, with all the desire of thy soul thou dost sacrifice, and hast eaten flesh according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which He hath given to thee, in all thy gates; the unclean and the clean do eat it, as of the roe, and as of the hart.

Romans 14:14

I have known, and am persuaded, in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself, except to him who is reckoning anything to be unclean -- to that one it is unclean;

Genesis 1:29-30

And God saith, 'Lo, I have given to you every herb sowing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in which is the fruit of a tree sowing seed, to you it is for food;

Leviticus 11:1-47

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying unto them,

Leviticus 22:8

a carcase or torn thing he doth not eat, for uncleanness thereby; I am Jehovah.

Deuteronomy 14:3-21

'Thou dost not eat any abominable thing;

Psalm 104:14-15

Causing grass to spring up for cattle, And herb for the service of man, To bring forth bread from the earth,

Acts 10:12-15

in which were all the four-footed beasts of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of the heaven,

Romans 14:3

let not him who is eating despise him who is not eating: and let not him who is not eating judge him who is eating, for God did receive him.

Romans 14:17

for the reign of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit;

Romans 14:20

for the sake of victuals cast not down the work of God; all things, indeed, are pure, but evil is to the man who is eating through stumbling.

1 Corinthians 10:23

All things to me are lawful, but all things are not profitable; all things to me are lawful, but all things do not build up;

1 Corinthians 10:25-26

Whatever in the meat-market is sold eat ye, not inquiring, because of the conscience,

1 Corinthians 10:31

Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;

Colossians 2:16

Let no one, then, judge you in eating or in drinking, or in respect of a feast, or of a new moon, or of sabbaths,

Colossians 2:21-22

-- thou mayest not touch, nor taste, nor handle --

1 Timothy 4:3-5

forbidding to marry -- to abstain from meats that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those believing and acknowledging the truth,

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