Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
and you will eat the plants of the field.
New American Standard Bible
And you will eat the
King James Version
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
International Standard Version
It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you'll eat the plants from the meadows.
A Conservative Version
Also, thorns and thistles it shall bring forth to thee, and thou shall eat the herb of the field.
American Standard Version
thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
Amplified
“Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you;
And you shall eat the plants of the field.
Bible in Basic English
Thorns and waste plants will come up, and the plants of the field will be your food;
Darby Translation
and thorns and thistles shall it yield thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.
Julia Smith Translation
And thorns and weeds shall it cause to sprout forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the green herb of the field.
King James 2000
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to you; and you shall eat the plants of the field;
Lexham Expanded Bible
And thorns and thistles shall sprout for you, and you shall eat the plants of the field.
Modern King James verseion
It shall also bring forth thorns and thistles to you, and you shall eat the herb of the field.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and it shall bear thorns and thistles unto thee. And thou shalt eat the herbs of the field:
NET Bible
It will produce thorns and thistles for you, but you will eat the grain of the field.
New Heart English Bible
Thorns also and thistles will it bring forth to you; and you will eat the herb of the field.
The Emphasized Bible
Thorn also and thistle, shall it shoot forth to thee, - when thou hast come to eat of the herb of the field:
Webster
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
World English Bible
Thorns also and thistles will it bring forth to you; and you will eat the herb of the field.
Youngs Literal Translation
and thorn and bramble it doth bring forth to thee, and thou hast eaten the herb of the field;
Themes
Afflictions » Consequent upon the fall
Agriculture » Foes of » Made difficult by sin
Agriculture or husbandry » Rendered laborious by the curse on the earth
Curse » Denounced » Against adam and eve
Curse » Denounced » Against the ground
natural Life » Forfeited by sin
Man » Punished for disobedience
Sin » How sin entered into the world
Sin » The ground was cursed on account of
Interlinear
Tsamach
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 3:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Pronounces Judgment
17
And He said to Adam, “Because you listened to your wife’s voice and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘Do not eat from it’:
You will eat from it by means of painful labor
all the days of your life.
and you will eat the plants of the field.
until you return to the ground,
since you were taken from it.
For you are dust,
and you will return to dust.”
Cross References
Joshua 23:13
know for certain that the Lord your God will not continue to drive these nations out before you. They will become a snare and a trap for you,
Job 1:21
saying:
and naked I will leave this life.
The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away.
Praise the name of Yahweh.
Job 5:5
even taking it out of the thorns.
The thirsty
Job 31:40
and stinkweed
The words of Job are concluded.
Psalm 90:3
saying, “Return, descendants of Adam.”
Psalm 104:2
He wraps Himself in light as if it were a robe,
spreading out the sky like a canopy,
Psalm 104:14-15
and provides crops for man to cultivate,
producing food from the earth,
Proverbs 22:5
the one who guards himself stays far from them.
Proverbs 24:31
weeds covered the ground,
and the stone wall was ruined.
Isaiah 5:6
It will not be pruned or weeded;
thorns and briers will grow up.
I will also give orders to the clouds
that rain should not fall on it.
Isaiah 7:23
every place where there were 1,000 vines,
worth 1,000 pieces of silver,
will become thorns and briers.
Isaiah 32:13
growing thorns and briers,
indeed, for every joyous house in the joyful city.
Jeremiah 4:3
For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem:
do not sow among the thorns.
Jeremiah 12:13
They have exhausted themselves but have no profit.
Be put to shame by your harvests
because of the Lord’s burning anger.
Matthew 13:7
Romans 14:2
One person believes he may eat anything,
Hebrews 6:8
But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and about to be cursed, and will be burned at the end.