Genesis 3:18
Genesis chapter 3 · verse 18 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
KJV
King James Version · 1611Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
Context
v.17And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
v.18This passage
v.19in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 90:3
Thou turnest man to destruction, And sayest, Return, ye children of men.
- Jeremiah 12:13
They have sown wheat, and have reaped thorns; they have put themselves to pain, and profit nothing: and ye shall be ashamed of your fruits, because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.
- Proverbs 24:31
And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, The face thereof was covered with nettles, And the stone wall thereof was broken down.
- Psalms 104:2
Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain;
- Proverbs 22:5
Thornsandsnares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.
- Psalms 104:14
He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, And herb for the service of man; That he may bring forth food out of the earth,