Genesis 9:3
Genesis chapter 9 · verse 3 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you; as the green herb have I given you all.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you; as the green herb have I given you all.
Context
v.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.
v.3This passage
v.4But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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,
- Colossians 2:16
Let 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:
- Leviticus 22:8
That which dieth of itself, or is torn of beasts, he shall not eat, to defile himself therewith: I am Jehovah.
- Leviticus 11:1
And Jehovah spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
- Romans 14:17
for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
- Colossians 2:21
Handle not, nor taste, nor touch