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 of you and the terror of you will be on every beast of the earth and on every bird of the sky; with everything that creeps on the ground, and all the fish of the sea, into your hand they are given. Every moving thing that is alive shall be food for you; I give all to you, as I gave the green plant. 4Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. 5Surely I will require your lifeblood; from every beast I will require it. And from every man, from every man’s brother I will 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

• Everyכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• movingרֶ֫מֶשׂremeώ · creepingH7431
• that is aliveחַיchay · aliveH2416
• shall be foodאׇכְלָה'ôklâh · foodH402
• for you; I giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• the greenיֶ֫רֶקyereq · greenH3418

Cross-references for Genesis 9:3

• Leviticus 11:1The Lord spoke again to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,
• Leviticus 22:8He shall not eat an animal which dies or is torn by beasts, becoming unclean by it; I am the Lord.
• Deuteronomy 12:15“However, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, whatever you desire, according to the blessing of the Lord your God which He has given you; the unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle and the deer.
• Deuteronomy 14:3“You shall not eat any detestable thing.
• Acts 10:12and there were in it all kinds of four-footed animals and crawling creatures of the earth and birds of the air.
• 1 Timothy 4:3men who forbid marriage and advocate abstaining from foods which God has created to be gratefully shared in by those who believe and know the truth.
• Genesis 1:29Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you;
• Psalms 104:14He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, And vegetation for the labor of man, So that he may bring forth food from the earth,
• Romans 14:3The one who eats is not to regard with contempt the one who does not eat, and the one who does not eat is not to judge the one who eats, for God has accepted him.
• 1 Corinthians 10:23All things are lawful, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful, but not all things edify.
• Colossians 2:16Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival 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