Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

I will put hostility between you and the woman,
and between your seed and her seed.
He will strike your head,
and you will strike his heel.

New American Standard Bible

And I will put enmity
Between you and the woman,
And between your seed and her seed;
He shall bruise you on the head,
And you shall bruise him on the heel.”

King James Version

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

International Standard Version

"I'll place hostility between you and the woman, between your offspring and her offspring. He'll strike you on the head, and you'll strike him on the heel."

A Conservative Version

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed. He shall bruise thy head, and thou shall bruise his heel.

American Standard Version

and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

Amplified


“And I will put enmity (open hostility)
Between you and the woman,
And between your seed (offspring) and her Seed;
He shall [fatally] bruise your head,
And you shall [only] bruise His heel.”

Bible in Basic English

And there will be war between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed: by him will your head be crushed and by you his foot will be wounded.

Darby Translation

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he shall crush thy head, and thou shalt crush his heel.

Julia Smith Translation

And I will put enmity between thee and between the woman, and between thy seed and between her seed; it shall lie in wait for thee as to the head, and thou shalt lie in wait for him as to the heel.

King James 2000

And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And I will put hostility between you and between the woman, and between your offspring and between her offspring; he will strike you [on the] head, and you will strike him [on the] heel."

Modern King James verseion

And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He will bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Moreover, I will put hatred between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed. And that seed shall tread thee on the head, and thou shalt tread it on the heel."

NET Bible

And I will put hostility between you and the woman and between your offspring and her offspring; her offspring will attack your head, and you will attack her offspring's heel."

New Heart English Bible

I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel."

The Emphasized Bible

And enmity, will I put between thee, and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed, - He shall crush thy head, but, thou, shalt crush his heel.

Webster

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

World English Bible

I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel."

Youngs Literal Translation

and enmity I put between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he doth bruise thee -- the head, and thou dost bruise him -- the heel.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And I will put
שׁית 
Shiyth 
Usage: 83

איבה 
'eybah 
Usage: 5

between thee and the woman
נשׁים אשּׁה 
'ishshah 
Usage: 780

זרע 
Zera` 
Usage: 229

and her seed
זרע 
Zera` 
Usage: 229

שׁוּף 
Shuwph 
Usage: 4

ראשׁ 
Ro'sh 
Usage: 598

and thou shalt bruise
שׁוּף 
Shuwph 
Usage: 4

Devotionals

Devotionals about Genesis 3:15

Images Genesis 3:15

Context Readings

God Pronounces Judgment

14 Then the Lord God said to the serpent:

Because you have done this,
you are cursed more than any livestock
and more than any wild animal.
You will move on your belly
and eat dust all the days of your life.
15 I will put hostility between you and the woman,
and between your seed and her seed.
He will strike your head,
and you will strike his heel.
16 He said to the woman:

I will intensify your labor pains;
you will bear children in anguish.
Your desire will be for your husband,
yet he will rule over you.



Cross References

Romans 16:20

The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

1 John 3:8

The one who commits sin is of the Devil, for the Devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God was revealed for this purpose: to destroy the Devil’s works.

Revelation 12:17

So the dragon was furious with the woman and left to wage war against the rest of her offspring—those who keep God’s commands and have the testimony about Jesus.

Isaiah 7:14

Therefore, the Lord Himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive, have a son, and name him Immanuel.

Matthew 1:23

See, the virgin will become pregnant
and give birth to a son,
and they will name Him Immanuel,


which is translated “God is with us.”

Galatians 4:4

When the time came to completion, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

Psalm 132:11

The Lord swore an oath to David,
a promise He will not abandon:
“I will set one of your descendants
on your throne.

Isaiah 53:3-4

He was despised and rejected by men,
a man of suffering who knew what sickness was.
He was like someone people turned away from;
He was despised, and we didn’t value Him.

Isaiah 53:12

Therefore I will give Him the many as a portion,
and He will receive the mighty as spoil,
because He submitted Himself to death,
and was counted among the rebels;
yet He bore the sin of many
and interceded for the rebels.

Jeremiah 31:22

How long will you turn here and there,
faithless daughter?
For the Lord creates something new in the land
a female will shelter a man.

Daniel 9:26

After those 62 weeks
the Messiah will be cut off
and will have nothing.
The people of the coming prince
will destroy the city and the sanctuary.
The end will come with a flood,
and until the end there will be war;
desolations are decreed.

Micah 5:3

Therefore, He will abandon them until the time
when she who is in labor has given birth;
then the rest of His brothers will return
to the people of Israel.

Matthew 1:25

but did not know her intimately until she gave birth to a son. And he named Him Jesus.

Luke 1:31-35

Now listen:
You will conceive and give birth to a son,
and you will call His name Jesus.

John 8:44

You are of your father the Devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of liars.

Acts 13:10

and said, “You son of the Devil, full of all deceit and all fraud, enemy of all righteousness! Won’t you ever stop perverting the straight paths of the Lord?

Revelation 20:1-3

Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the abyss and a great chain in his hand.

Revelation 20:10

The Devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet are, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

Genesis 49:17

He will be a snake by the road,
a viper beside the path,
that bites the horses’ heels
so that its rider falls backward.

Numbers 21:6-7

Then the Lord sent poisonous snakes among the people, and they bit them so that many Israelites died.

Amos 9:3

If they hide themselves
on the top of Carmel,
from there I will track them down
and seize them;
if they conceal themselves
from My sight on the sea floor,
from there I will command
the sea serpent to bite them.

Matthew 4:1-10

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the Devil.

Matthew 12:34

Brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.

Matthew 13:38

the field is the world; and the good seed—these are the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,

Mark 16:18

they will pick up snakes; if they should drink anything deadly, it will never harm them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will get well.”

Luke 1:76

And child, you will be called
a prophet of the Most High,
for you will go before the Lord
to prepare His ways,

Luke 10:19

Look, I have given you the authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy; nothing will ever harm you.

Luke 22:39-44

He went out and made His way as usual to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed Him.

Luke 22:53

Every day while I was with you in the temple complex, you never laid a hand on Me. But this is your hour—and the dominion of darkness.”

John 12:31-33

Now is the judgment of this world. Now the ruler of this world will be cast out.

John 14:30-31

I will not talk with you much longer, because the ruler of the world is coming. He has no power over Me.

Acts 28:3-6

As Paul gathered a bundle of brushwood and put it on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened itself to his hand.

Romans 3:13

Their throat is an open grave;
they deceive with their tongues.
Vipers’ venom is under their lips.

Ephesians 4:8

For it says:

When He ascended on high,
He took prisoners into captivity;
He gave gifts to people.

Colossians 2:15

He disarmed the rulers and authorities and disgraced them publicly; He triumphed over them by Him.

Hebrews 2:14-15

Now since the children have flesh and blood in common, Jesus also shared in these, so that through His death He might destroy the one holding the power of death—that is, the Devil

Hebrews 2:18

For since He Himself was tested and has suffered, He is able to help those who are tested.

Hebrews 5:7

During His earthly life, He offered prayers and appeals with loud cries and tears to the One who was able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.

1 John 3:10

This is how God’s children—and the Devil’s children—are made evident.

Whoever does not do what is right is not of God, especially the one who does not love his brother.

1 John 5:5

And who is the one who conquers the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

Revelation 2:10

Don’t be afraid of what you are about to suffer. Look, the Devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will have affliction for 10 days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.

Revelation 12:7-13

Then war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon. The dragon and his angels also fought,

Revelation 13:7

And he was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them. He was also given authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation.

Revelation 15:1-6

Then I saw another great and awe-inspiring sign in heaven: seven angels with the seven last plagues, for with them, God’s wrath will be completed.

Revelation 20:7-8

When the 1,000 years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison

Matthew 3:7

When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to the place of his baptism, he said to them, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Matthew 23:33

“Snakes! Brood of vipers! How can you escape being condemned to hell?

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