VERSE STUDY • KJV

Genesis 1:30

And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein [there is] life, [I have given] every green herb for meat: and it was so.

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KJV King James Version

And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein [there is] life, [I have given] every green herb for meat: and it was so.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.

WEB World English Bible

To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food;” and it was so.

ASV American Standard Version

and to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for food: and it was so.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

and to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the heavens, and to every creeping thing on the earth, in which is breath of life, every green herb is for food:’ and it is so.

Surrounding context — Genesis 1

27 So God created man in his [own] image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which [is] upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which [is] the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein [there is] life, [I have given] every green herb for meat: and it was so.

31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, [it was] very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

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Psalm 104:14He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;Psalm 147:9He giveth to the beast his food, [and] to the young ravens which cry.Psalm 145:15-16The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.Job 40:20Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.Job 38:39-41Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,Job 40:15Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.Genesis 9:3Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.Job 39:8The range of the mountains [is] his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.Job 39:4Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.Job 39:30Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain [are], there [is] she.

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