Genesis 9:3
And every thing that moveth and liveth shall be meat for you: even as the green herbs have I delivered them all to you:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
4Saving that flesh with blood you shall not eat.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:1And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
Deuteronomy 12:15But if thou desirest to eat, and the eating of flesh delight thee, kill, and eat according to the blessing of the Lord thy God, which he hath given thee, in thy cities: whether it be unclean, that is to say, having blemish or defect: or clean, that is to say, sound and without blemish, such as may be offered, as the roe, and the hart, shalt thou eat it:
Psalms 104:14Bringing forth grass for cattle, and herb for the service of men. That thou mayst bring bread out of the earth:
Romans 14:3Let not him that eateth, despise him that eateth not: and he that eateth not, let him not judge him that eateth. For God hath taken him to him.
Romans 14:17For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but justice, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
1 Corinthians 10:23All things are lawful for me, but all things do not edify.
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 →