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"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."

I was talking with a friend of mine, we were comparing some recipes for a vegetarian chili recipe for a charity cook off she's doing, and she brought up her mother-in-law from cattle country is appalled that my friend's toddler (her cattle-country woman's grandson) has yet to taste meat. So since cattle-country woman is uber-religious, and saying she's a vegetarian because it's healthier, meat isn't a requirement for the human body and all the usual arguments for pro-vegetarianism fell on deaf ears; my friend said that she told cattle-country-woman she was merely following Genesis, where it says that all the fruits and edible vegetation will be thought of as meat. And suddenly my friend is no longer the worst mother in America.

We both had a laugh and then I asked, which version of the bible does cattle-country-woman read?
My friend said she didn't know she assumed they were all the same. I knew that wasn't so, and we looked online.

Look at all the different ways this single thought is interpreted by all these different versions of the Bible, it is really interesting.


Compare Translations for Genesis 1:29

New International Version

Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.

American Standard Version
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for food:

Bible in Basic English
And God said, See, I have given you every plant producing seed, on the face of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit producing seed: they will be for your food:

Complete Jewish Bible
Then God said, "Here! Throughout the whole earth I am giving you as food every seed-bearing plant and every tree with seed-bearing fruit.

Douay-Rheims

10 Comments

I was actually informed yesterday that all versions of the Bible are incorrect and disseminated by Satan to spread the false Word in the world and ONLY the Jehovah's Witness version of the Bible is truly accurate.

23 months ago

These may read all differently, but all say the same thing. But you need not worry about the small stuff. Disagree about the little stuff, just agree on the big stuff, like CHRIST death and reserrection, and the He died for us.

ps. JoLynn
jehovah witness do not have an accurate bible. they aren't even christian.

23 months ago

@Vixen - if you ask a JW they will say they have the only correct and accurate version of the Bible and they do consider themselves Christians. It's not up to you or I to say who is and is not - if someone says they are, just say, "Okay", and respect their point of view.

23 months ago

I totally agree with Jolynn on this issue! I take from each faith that which helps me. Your bibles also say thou shall not judge..or be judged by another.. I think the keyword would be respect others belief and move on. Just my opinion.

23 months ago

@Michael! Thanks for commenting! I don't believe, but I love hearing from other points of view and I absolutely respect anyone that does believe because to not acknowledge someone's belief would be to not acknowledge their point of view and that's very important. I always say I'd much rather discuss religion with a hardcore Christian than another atheist - it's so much more interesting to hear their thoughts than someone that agrees with me!

23 months ago

Yes JoLynn I understand the point you're making... I myself have sampled several different faiths including the Jw one. Yet in the end I still belong to none... I hold true to that which for me I know to be true.. The great spirit is always with me even though at times I do not know or cannot see it. Don't know if this makes any kind of sense at all though?

23 months ago

It seems like the word Religion get mix up with Christianity. Religion is what we do every day, like get up and go to work, school, or church. The word religous is used to tell about what we do each day, we religiously eat if we don't we will die. Christianity on the other hand is how we live our lives. Are we suppose to examplify Christ in our lives? Being a Christian mean to examplify christ in our walk and talk if we are to draw others for Christ...

23 months ago

@Michael - absolutely I get what you're saying and I think that's outstanding!

23 months ago

Romans 14:14 (KJV)
14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

23 months ago

@Rev Terence Red - that's in interesting point of view and a very good one. If people are going to claim to be Christians and want to be Christians - hating on others they perceive as different isn't the way to go.
I think what you've laid out is a very good way to do it.

23 months ago