Devine Scripture

Genesis 1:29

Genesis chapter 1 · verse 29 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And 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:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And 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:

Context

v.28And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

v.29This passage

v.30and to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for food: and it was so.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 104:27

    These wait all for thee, That thou mayest give them their food in due season.

  • Psalms 104:14

    He 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,

  • Acts 17:28

    for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

  • Psalms 147:9

    He giveth to the beast his food, Andto the young ravens which cry.

  • 1 Timothy 6:17

    Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

  • Psalms 145:15

    The eyes of all wait for thee; And thou givest them their food in due season.