KJV King James Version
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.
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Genesis 3:19
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.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
WEB World English Bible
By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
by the sweat of thy face thou dost eat bread till thy return unto the ground, for out of it hast thou been taken, for dust thou art, and unto dust thou turnest back.’
Surrounding context — Genesis 3
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.
22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
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בְּזֵעַ֤תH2188 · ze.ahsweatאַפֶּ֙יךָ֙H639 · aphface: angerתֹּ֣אכַלH398 · a.khalto eatלֶ֔חֶםH3899 · le.chemfoodעַ֤דH5704 · adtillשֽׁוּבְךָ֙H7725 · shuvto return: returnאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔הH127 · a.da.mahland: soilכִּ֥יH3588 · kiforמִמֶּ֖נָּהH4480 · minfromלֻקָּ֑חְתָּH3947 · la.qachto take: takeכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforעָפָ֣רH6083 · a.phardustאַ֔תָּהH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)וְאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)עָפָ֖רH6083 · a.phardustתָּשֽׁוּב׃H7725 · shuvto return: return
Cross-references
Ecclesiastes 12:7Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.Job 34:15All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.Psalm 104:29Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.Genesis 2:7And the LORD God formed man [of] the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.Psalm 90:3Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.Ephesians 4:28Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with [his] hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.Ecclesiastes 3:20All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.1 Corinthians 15:21-22For since by man [came] death, by man [came] also the resurrection of the dead.Genesis 18:27And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which [am but] dust and ashes:Genesis 23:4I [am] a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.Psalm 22:15My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.Ecclesiastes 1:3What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?Daniel 12:2And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame [and] everlasting contempt.2 Thessalonians 3:10For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.Psalm 103:14For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we [are] dust.Job 21:26They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.1 Thessalonians 2:9For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.Job 19:26And [though] after my skin [worms] destroy this [body], yet in my flesh shall I see God:
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