Genesis 9:3

And all that moveth vppon the erth havynge lyfe shall be youre meate: Euen as ye grene herbes so geue I yow all thynge.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

In The King James Version

Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.

In Context

2The feare also and drede of yow be vppon all beastes of the erth and vppon all foules of the ayre ad vppon all that crepeth on the erth and vppon all fyshes of the see which are geven vnto youre handes

4Only the flesh with his life which is his bloud se that ye eate not.

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Cross References

Romans 14:3Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not. And let not him whiche eateth not iudge him that eateth. For God hath receaved him.

Romans 14:17For the kyngdome of God is not meate and drinke: but rightewesnes peace and ioye in the holy goost.

1 Corinthians 10:23All thynges are lawfull to me but all thinges edifye not.

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 →

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