Genesis 9:2

¹ And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

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.

³ Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.

⁴ But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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.
KJV: 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.
WEB: 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.
ASV: 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.
DARBY: And let the fear of you and the dread of you be upon every animal of the earth, and upon all fowl of the heavens: upon all that moveth [on] the ground; and upon all the fishes of the sea: into your hand are they delivered.
BLB: And the fear of you⁺ and the dread of you⁺ shall be on every beast of the earth, and on every bird of the heavens, on all that moves [on] the earth, and on all the fish of the sea. Into your⁺ hand they are given—

ÅB: Og frykt og redsel for dere skal være over alle dyr på jorden og over alle fugler under himmelen, over alt det som rører seg på jorden, og over alle fiskene i havet; i deres hånd er de gitt.
OTB: Frykt og redsel for dere skal komme over hvert dyr på jorden og hver fugl under himmelen, over alt som kryper på bakken, og over alle fiskene i havet; de er gitt i deres hender.
B1930: Og frykt og redsel for eder skal være over alle dyr på jorden og over alle fugler under himmelen, over alt det som rører sig på jorden, og over alle fiskene i havet; i eders hånd er de gitt.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

Psalms 8:4–8
what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?
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Hosea 2:18
On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and weapons of war in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.
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James 3:7
All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man,
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Genesis 1:28
God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
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Leviticus 26:6
And I will give peace to the land, and you will lie down with nothing to fear. I will rid the land of dangerous animals, and no sword will pass through your land.
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Job 5:22–23
You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.
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Ezekiel 34:25
I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.
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Genesis 35:5
As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.
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