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Genesis 3:18

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16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

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

19 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.

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

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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;
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;
DARBY
and thorns and thistles shall it yield thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.
BLB
and thorn and thistle it will cause to grow for you, and you shall eat the vegetation of the field.
ÅB
Torner og tistler skal den bære deg, og du skal spise urtene på marken.
OTB
Den skal bære torner og tistler for deg, og du skal spise av markens vekster.
B1930
Torner og tistler skal den bære dig, og du skal ete urtene på marken.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Job 5:5

    Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

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  • Matthew 13:7

    And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:

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  • Isaiah 7:23

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.

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  • Psalms 104:14–15

    He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;

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  • Proverbs 22:5

    Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

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  • Isaiah 5:6

    And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

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  • Isaiah 32:13

    Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:

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  • Jeremiah 4:3

    For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

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