Genesis 9:3
Every creeping thing that is alive, to you it is for food; as the green herb I have given to you the whole;
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
4only flesh in its life—its blood—you do not eat.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:1And YHWH speaks to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,
Deuteronomy 12:15Nevertheless, you slaughter anything of the desire of your soul, and have eaten [its] flesh according to the blessing of your God YHWH which He has given to you in all your gates; the unclean and the clean eat it, as [if] the roe and as [if] the deer.
Psalms 104:14Causing grass to spring up for livestock, || And herb for the service of man, || To bring forth bread from the earth,
Romans 14:3do not let him who is eating despise him who is not eating: and do not let him who is not eating judge him who is eating, for God received him.
Romans 14:17for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit;
1 Corinthians 10:23All things are lawful to me, but not all things are profitable; all things are lawful to me, but not all things build up;
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 →