Genesis 3:4

In 11 translations

BSB

“You will not surely die,” the serpent told her.

KJV

And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

WEB

The serpent said to the woman, “You won’t really die,

ASV

And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

LSV

And the serpent says to the woman, “Dying, you do not die,

YLT

And the serpent saith unto the woman, 'Dying, ye do not die,

DBY

And the serpent said to the woman, Ye will not certainly die;

DRC

And the serpent said to the woman: No, you shall not die the death.

GNV

Then the serpent said to the woman, Ye shall not die at all,

JPS

And the serpent said unto the woman: 'Ye shall not surely die;

LXXE

And the serpent said to the woman, Ye shall not surely die.Gr. ye shall not die by death.

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WLC

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר הַנָּחָ֖שׁ אֶל־הָֽאִשָּׁ֑ה לֹֽא־מ֖וֹת תְּמֻתֽוּן׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ ὄφις τῇ γυναικί· οὐ θανάτῳ ἀποθανεῖσθε·

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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

• John 8:44You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native…
• 2 Corinthians 11:3I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.
• 1 Timothy 2:14And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression.
• 2 Corinthians 2:11in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.
• Genesis 3:13Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied, “and I ate.”
• 2 Kings 1:6They replied, “A man came up to meet us and said, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and tell him that this is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending these men to inquire of…
• Deuteronomy 29:19because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered…
• 2 Kings 1:16And Elijah said to King Ahaziah, “This is what the LORD says: Is there really no God in Israel for you to inquire of His word? Is that why you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore…
• 2 Kings 1:4Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘You will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’” So Elijah departed.
• 2 Kings 8:10Elisha answered, “Go and tell him, ‘You will surely recover.’ But the LORD has shown me that in fact he will die.”
• Psalms 10:11He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”

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