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Genesis 9:2

World English Bible

The fear of you and the dread of you will be on every animal of the earth, and on every bird of the sky. Everything that moves along the ground, and all the fish of the sea, are delivered into your hand.

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Genesis 9:2 in other translations

And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens; with all wherewith the ground teemeth, and all the fishes of the sea, into your hand are they delivered.

Genesis 9:2 · American Standard Version

Genesis 9:2 in context

  1. 1God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and replenish the earth.
  2. 2The fear of you and the dread of you will be on every animal of the earth, and on every bird of the sky. Everything that moves along the ground, and all the fish of the sea, are delivered into your hand.
  3. 3Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. As I gave you the green herb, I have given everything to you.
  4. 4But flesh with its life, that is, its blood, you shall not eat.