KJV King James Version
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 3:18
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.
WEB World English Bible
It will yield thorns and thistles to you; and you will eat the herb of the field.
ASV American Standard Version
thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and thorn and bramble it doth bring forth to thee, and thou hast eaten the herb of the field;
Surrounding context — Genesis 3
15 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.
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;
18 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.
21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
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Job 5:5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.Matthew 13:7And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:Psalm 104:14-15He 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;Isaiah 7:23And 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.Joshua 23:13Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out [any of] these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.Jeremiah 4:3For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.Isaiah 32:13Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns [and] briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy [in] the joyous city:Isaiah 5:6And 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.Proverbs 22:5Thorns [and] snares [are] in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.Job 31:40Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.Hebrews 6:8But that which beareth thorns and briers [is] rejected, and [is] nigh unto cursing; whose end [is] to be burned.Jeremiah 12:13They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, [but] shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.Proverbs 24:31And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, [and] nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.Psalm 90:3Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.Psalm 104:2Who coverest [thyself] with light as [with] a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:Job 1:21And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.Romans 14:2For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.
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