Genesis 9:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 9:4

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 9:4

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American Standard Version
But flesh with the life thereof, `which is' the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

Amplified® Bible
But you shall not eat flesh with the life of it, which is its blood.

Contemporary English Version
But life is in the blood, and you must not eat any meat that still has blood in it.

Darby English Version
Only, the flesh with its life, its blood, ye shall not eat.

Good News Bible
The one thing you must not eat is meat with blood still in it; I forbid this because the life is in the blood.

King James Version
But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

New American Standard Bible
"Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, {that is,} its blood.

New International Version
"But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it.

New King James Version
But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, namely, its blood.

Revised Standard Version
Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.

Young's Literal Translation
only flesh in its life -- its blood -- ye do not eat.

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