KJV King James Version
And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
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Genesis 3:8
And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then the man and his wife heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the breeze of the day, and they hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.
WEB World English Bible
They heard the voice of Yahweh God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Yahweh God among the trees of the garden.
ASV American Standard Version
And they heard the voice of Jehovah God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Jehovah God amongst the trees of the garden.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And they hear the sound of Jehovah God walking up and down in the garden at the breeze of the day, and the man and his wife hide themselves from the face of Jehovah God in the midst of the trees of the garden.
Surrounding context — Genesis 3
5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
6 And when the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, and that it [was] pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make [one] wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they [were] naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where [art] thou?
10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I [was] naked; and I hid myself.
11 And he said, Who told thee that thou [wast] naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֞וּH8085 · sha.mato hear: hearאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]ק֨וֹלH6963 · qolvoiceיְהוָ֧הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֱלֹהִ֛יםH430 · e.lo.himGodמִתְהַלֵּ֥ךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentבַּגָּ֖ןH1588 · ganGarden (of Uzza)לְר֣וּחַH7307 · ru.achspiritהַיּ֑וֹםH3117 · yomdayוַיִּתְחַבֵּ֨אH2244 · cha.vato hideהָֽאָדָ֜םH120 · a.dammanוְאִשְׁתּ֗וֹH802 · ish.shahwomanמִפְּנֵי֙H6440 · pa.nehface: beforeיְהוָ֣הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֱלֹהִ֔יםH430 · e.lo.himGodבְּת֖וֹךְH8432 · ta.vekhmidstעֵ֥ץH6086 · etstree: woodהַגָּֽן׃H1588 · ganGarden (of Uzza)
Cross-references
Jeremiah 23:24Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.Hebrews 4:13Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things [are] naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.Proverbs 15:3The eyes of the LORD [are] in every place, beholding the evil and the good.Job 34:21-22For his eyes [are] upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.Psalm 139:1-12To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known [me].Romans 2:15Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and [their] thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)Jonah 1:9-10And he said unto them, I [am] an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry [land].Genesis 3:10And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I [was] naked; and I hid myself.Amos 9:2-3Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:Jonah 1:3But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.Job 31:33If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:Deuteronomy 4:33Did [ever] people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?Deuteronomy 5:25Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die.Job 38:1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,Deuteronomy 23:14For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.Job 22:14Thick clouds [are] a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
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