Devine Scripture

Genesis 9:2

Genesis chapter 9 · verse 2 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And 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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And 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.

Context

v.1And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

v.2This passage

v.3Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you; as the green herb have I given you all.

Cross references

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

  • Genesis 1:28

    And 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.

  • Hosea 2:18

    And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the birds of the heavens, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the land, and will make them to lie down safely.

  • Psalms 104:20

    Thou makest darkness, and it is night, Wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth.

  • Genesis 35:5

    And they journeyed: and a terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

  • Psalms 8:4

    What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him?

  • Leviticus 26:22

    And I will send the beast of the field among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your ways shall become desolate.