Genesis 9:3
Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. As the green herb, I have given you all.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
4But flesh with the life of it, [which is] the blood of it, ye shall not eat.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:1And LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,
Deuteronomy 12:15Notwithstanding, thou may kill and eat flesh within all thy gates, after all the desire of thy soul, according to the blessing of LORD thy God which he has given thee, the unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle, and
Psalms 104:14He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, and herbage for the service of man, that he may bring forth food out of the earth,
Romans 14:3The man who eats should not disdain the man who does not eat, and the man who does not eat should not criticize the man who eats, for God has received him.
Romans 14:17For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in Holy Spirit.
1 Corinthians 10:23All things are permitted for me, but not all things are expedient. All things are permitted for me, but not all things are constructive.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 9:2-8
Blessing of Noah and His Sons. ( b. c. 2348.) 1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. 2 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. 3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. 4 But flesh with the life… Read the whole commentary →