Genesis 3:18

In 11 translations

BSB

Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.

KJV

Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;bring…: Heb. cause to bud

WEB

It will yield thorns and thistles to you; and you will eat the herb of the field.

ASV

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

LSV

and it brings forth thorn and bramble for you, and you have eaten the herb of the field;

YLT

and thorn and bramble it doth bring forth to thee, and thou hast eaten the herb of the field;

DBY

and thorns and thistles shall it yield thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.

DRC

Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herbs of the earth.

GNV

Thornes also, and thistles shall it bring foorth to thee, and thou shalt eate the herbe of the fielde.

JPS

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

LXXE

Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וְק֥וֹץ וְדַרְדַּ֖ר תַּצְמִ֣יחַֽ לָ֑ךְ וְאָכַלְתָּ֖ אֶת־עֵ֥שֶׂב הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃

LXX-Br

Ἀκάνθας καὶ τριβόλους ἀνατελεῖ σοι, καὶ φαγῇ τὸν χόρτον τοῦ ἀγροῦ.

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• Adam and Eve: the garden and the fall God places the man in Eden and forbids him to eat from one tree. A serpent challenges the death warning; the woman and her husband eat, blam…

Cross-references most cited first

• Matthew 13:7Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings.
• Job 5:5The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
• Psalms 104:14–15He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth: wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his…
• Isaiah 7:23And on that day, in every place that had a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels of silver, only briers and thorns will be found.
• Hebrews 6:8But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned.
• Isaiah 5:6I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”
• Jeremiah 4:3For this is what the LORD says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: “Break up your unplowed ground, and do not sow among the thorns.
• Joshua 23:13know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this…
• Isaiah 32:13and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers— even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry.
• Proverbs 22:5Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.
• Job 31:40then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” Thus conclude the words of Job.
• Jeremiah 12:13They have sown wheat but harvested thorns. They have exhausted themselves to no avail. Bear the shame of your harvest because of the fierce anger of the LORD.”
• Psalms 90:3You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”
• Job 1:21saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”
• Proverbs 24:31Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down.
• Psalms 104:2He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,

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