Devine Scripture

Genesis 2:9

Genesis chapter 2 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And out of the ground made Jehovah God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And out of the ground made Jehovah God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Context

v.8And Jehovah God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

v.9This passage

v.10And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became four heads.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ezekiel 47:12

    And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow every tree for food, whose leaf shall not wither, neither shall the fruit thereof fail: it shall bring forth new fruit every month, because the waters thereof issue out of the sanctuary; and the fruit thereof shall be for food, and the leaf thereof for healing.

  • Proverbs 11:30

    The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; And he that is wise winneth souls.

  • Genesis 3:3

    but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

  • Genesis 3:22

    And Jehovah God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever—

  • Ezekiel 31:8

    The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it; the fir-trees were not like its boughs, and the plane-trees were not as its branches; nor was any tree in the garden of God like unto it in its beauty.

  • Revelation 22:14

    Blessed are they that wash their robes, that they may have the right to come to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.