Devine Scripture

Genesis 3:19

Genesis chapter 3 · verse 19 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

in 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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

In 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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

in 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.

Context

v.18thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

v.19This passage

v.20And the man called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

Cross references

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

  • 1 Thessalonians 2:9

    For ye remember, brethren, our labor and travail: working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

  • Job 17:13

    If I look for Sheol as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness;

  • Psalms 104:29

    Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; Thou takest away their breath, they die, And return to their dust.

  • Genesis 23:4

    I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.

  • Ephesians 4:28

    Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have whereof to give to him that hath need.

  • Ecclesiastes 5:15

    As he came forth from his mother’s womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.