Genesis 9:3

Genesis 9:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
• New International Version (NIV)Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. I have given you all things, even as the green herbs.

Context of Genesis 9:3

1And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. 2And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens; with all wherewith the ground teemeth, and all the fishes of the sea, into your hand are they delivered. Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you; as the green herb have I given you all. 4But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. 5And surely your blood, the blood of your lives, will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it: and at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, will I require the life of man.

Genesis 9:3 word by word

כָּל־רֶ֙מֶשׂ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הוּא־חַ֔י לָכֶ֥ם יִהְיֶ֖ה לְאָכְלָ֑ה כְּיֶ֣רֶק עֵ֔שֶׂב נָתַ֥תִּי לָכֶ֖ם אֶת־כֹּֽל׃Read the interlinear

• thingרֶ֫מֶשׂremeώ · creepingH7431
• beהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• foodאׇכְלָה'ôklâh · foodH402
• givenנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414

Cross-references for Genesis 9:3

• Leviticus 11:1And Jehovah spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
• Leviticus 22:8That which dieth of itself, or is torn of beasts, he shall not eat, to defile himself therewith: I am Jehovah.
• Deuteronomy 12:15Notwithstanding, thou mayest kill and eat flesh within all thy gates, after all the desire of thy soul, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the gazelle, and as of the hart.
• Deuteronomy 14:3Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.
• Acts 10:12wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts and creeping things of the earth and birds of the heaven.
• 1 Timothy 4:3forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by them that believe and know the truth.
• Genesis 1:29And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for food:
• Psalms 104:14He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, And herb for the service of man; That he may bring forth food out of the earth,
• Romans 14:3Let not him that eateth set at nought him that eateth not; and let not him that eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.
• 1 Corinthians 10:23All things are lawful; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful; but not all things edify.
• Colossians 2:16Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a sabbath day:

Commentaries on Genesis 9:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Every moving thing - shall be meat - There is no positive evidence that animal food was ever used before the flood. Noah had the first grant of this kind, and it has been continued to all his posterity ever since. It is not likely that this grant would have been now made if some extraordinary alteration had not taken place in the vegetable world, so as to render its productions less nutritive than they were before; and probably such a change in the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-7Verses 1-7 - The Blessing of Noah 2. מורא môrā' “fear, reverence, awful deed.” חת chat “dread, breaking of the courage.” Noah is saved from the deluge. His life is twice given to him by God. He had found grace in the sight of the Lord, and now he and his family have been graciously accepted when they approached the Lord with burnt-offerings. In him, therefore, the race of man is to be begun anew. Accordingly, as at the beginning, the Lord proceeds to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3There are two changes to the original order of creation: Before the flood, humans ruled over the animals (1:28). After the flood, animals would fear humans. This uses language often connected with military victory (see Exodus 23:27–31, Deuteronomy 11:25; 31:8). This fear is connected to a change in human diet. Humans were now allowed to eat animal meat, in addition to grains, fruits, and vegetables (Genesis 1:29).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you--The third part concerns the means of sustaining life; man was for the first time, it would seem, allowed the use of animal food, but the grant was accompanied with one restriction.Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 9:3

• Animals
• Birds
• Blessing
• Covenant
• Fish
• Food
• Man

In the dictionaries

• Cloud
• Covenant
• Dwell
• Enlarge
• Food
• Meat
• Move
• Noah
• Set
• Therein

Commentaries on Genesis 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings