Genesis 3:18
Also, thorns and thistles it shall bring forth to thee, and thou shall eat the herb of the field.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
In Context
Cross References
Job 1:21And he said, Naked I came out of my mother's womb, and naked I shall return there. LORD gave, and LORD has taken away, blessed be the name of LORD.
Job 31:40let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
Psalms 104:2who covers thyself with light as with a garment, who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,
Proverbs 22:5Thorns [and] snares are in the way of a perverse man. He who keeps his soul shall be far from them.
Isaiah 5:6And I will lay it waste. It shall not be pruned nor hoed, but there shall come up briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
Isaiah 7:24[Men] shall come there with arrows and with bow, because all the land shall be briers and thorns.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 3:18-20
Sentence Passed on Adam; Consequences of the Fall. ( b. c. 4004.) 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… Read the whole commentary →