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 to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. 2The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered into your hand. Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things. 4But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it. 5And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:

Genesis 9:3 word by word

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

• Everythingכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• that livesחַיchay · aliveH2416
• movesרֶ֫מֶשׂremeώ · creepingH7431
• ·אֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• ·הוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1931
• will beהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• foodאׇכְלָה'ôklâh · foodH402
• just as I gave you the greenיֶ֫רֶקyereq · greenH3418
• plantsעֵ֫שֶׂב‛eώeb · vegetationH6212
• I now giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853

Cross-references for Genesis 9:3

• Leviticus 11:1The LORD spoke again to Moses and Aaron, telling them,
• Leviticus 22:8He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, which would make him unclean. I am the LORD.
• Deuteronomy 12:15But whenever you want, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you. Both the ceremonially clean and unclean may eat it as they would a gazelle or deer,
• Deuteronomy 14:3You must not eat any detestable thing.
• Acts 10:12It contained all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, as well as birds of the air.
• 1 Timothy 4:3They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
• Genesis 1:29Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.
• Psalms 104:14He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:
• Romans 14:3The one who eats everything must not belittle the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted him.
• 1 Corinthians 10:23“Everything is permissible,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is edifying.
• Colossians 2:16Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath.

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

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• Covenant
• Dwell
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• Food
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• 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