Genesis 9:3 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 9:3

God’s Promise to Noah

1 So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: ^a“Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.

2 ^aAnd the fear of you and the dread of you shall be on every beast of the earth, on every bird of the air, on all that move on the earth, and on all the fish of the sea. They are given into your hand.

3 ^aEvery moving thing that lives shall be food for you. I have given you ^ball things, even as the ^cgreen herbs.

4 ^aBut you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.

5 Surely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning; ^afrom the hand of every beast I will require it, and ^bfrom the hand of man. From the hand of every ^cman’s brother I will require the life of man.

6 “Whoever ^asheds man’s blood,
By man his blood shall be shed;
^bFor in the image of God
He made man.

7 And as for you, ^abe fruitful and multiply;
Bring forth abundantly in the earth
And multiply in it.”

8 Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying:

Verse Comparison: Genesis 9:3

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American Standard Version
Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you; As the green herb have I given you all.

Amplified® Bible
Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you; and as I gave you the green vegetables {and} plants, I give you everything.

Contemporary English Version
and I have given them to you for food. From now on, you may eat them, as well as the green plants that you have always eaten.

Darby English Version
Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you: as the green herb I give you everything.

Good News Bible
Now you can eat them, as well as green plants; I give them all to you for food.

King James Version
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.

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.

New International Version
Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.

New King James Version
Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. I have given you all things, even as the green herbs.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Every moving thing that lives shall become food for you; I give all to you, as I gave the green plant.

Revised Standard Version
Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you; and as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.

Young's 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;

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