KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 9:2
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered into your hand.
WEB 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 the ground teems with, and all the fish of the sea are delivered into your hand.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and your fear and your dread is on every beast of the earth, and on every fowl of the heavens, on all that creepeth on the ground, and on all fishes of the sea—into your hand they have been given.
Surrounding context — Genesis 9
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 thereof, [which is] the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וּמוֹרַאֲכֶ֤םH4172 · mo.rafearוְחִתְּכֶם֙H2844 · chatterrorיִֽהְיֶ֔הH1961 · ha.yahto beעַ֚לH5921 · aluponכָּל־H3605 · kolallחַיַּ֣תH2416 · chayaliveהָאָ֔רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetוְעַ֖לH5921 · aluponכָּל־H3605 · kolallע֣וֹףH5775 · ophbirdהַשָּׁמָ֑יִםH8064 · sha.ma.yimheavenבְּכֹל֩H3605 · kolallאֲשֶׁ֨רH834 · a.sherwhichתִּרְמֹ֧שׂH7430 · ra.ma.sto creepהָֽאֲדָמָ֛הH127 · a.da.mahland: soilוּֽבְכָל־H3605 · kolallדְּגֵ֥יH1709 · dagFish (Gate)הַיָּ֖םH3220 · yamseaבְּיֶדְכֶ֥םH3027 · yadhandנִתָּֽנוּ׃H5414 · na.tanto give: give
Cross-references
Psalm 8:4-8What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?James 3:7For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:Genesis 1:28And 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.Hosea 2:18And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and [with] the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.Job 5:22-23At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.Leviticus 26:6And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make [you] afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.Ezekiel 34:25And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.Genesis 2:19And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought [them] unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that [was] the name thereof.Genesis 35:5And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that [were] round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.Leviticus 26:22I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your [high] ways shall be desolate.Psalm 104:20-23Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep [forth].
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