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;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
4only flesh in its life — its blood — ye do not eat.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:1And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying unto them,
Deuteronomy 12:15'Only, with all the desire of thy soul thou dost sacrifice, and hast eaten flesh according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which He hath given to thee, in all thy gates; the unclean and the clean do eat it, as of the roe, and as of the hart.
Psalms 104:14Causing grass to spring up for cattle, And herb for the service of man, To bring forth bread from the earth,
Romans 14:3let not him who is eating despise him who is not eating: and let not him who is not eating judge him who is eating, for God did receive him.
Romans 14:17for the reign of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit;
1 Corinthians 10:23All things to me are lawful, but all things are not profitable; all things to me are lawful, but all things do not 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 →