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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.
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A Changed Relationship
Commentators agree that this verse renews humanity's dominion over animals, but the relationship has fundamentally changed. Before the fall, animals may have obeyed out of harmony or love. After the flood, this dominion is re-established through 'fear and dread,' reflecting the brokenness of the fallen world. This fear is what now compels animals to be subject to humans.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
2. מורא môrā' — “fear, reverence, awful deed.” חת chat — “dread, breaking of the courage.”
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16th Century
Protestant
And the fear of you. This also mainly relates to the restoration of the world, so that sovereignty over the other animals could remain wit…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every beast of the earth Thi…
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