Genesis 3:18
and thorns and thistles shall it yield thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.
Darby Translation
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 came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: Jehovah gave, and Jehovah hath taken away; blessed be the name of Jehovah!
Job 31:40Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and tares instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
Psalms 104:2Covering thyself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent-curtain;
Proverbs 22:5Thorns [and] snares are in the way of the perverse: he that keepeth his soul holdeth himself far from them.
Isaiah 5:6and I will make it a waste it shall not be pruned nor cultivated, but there shall come up briars and thorns; and I will command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
Isaiah 7:24with arrows and with the bow shall they come thither, for the whole land shall become briars 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 →