Genesis 3:18

Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou eat the herbs of the earth.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

17And to Adam he said: Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat, cursed is the earth in thy work; with labour and toil shalt thou eat thereof all the days of thy life.

19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thou return to the earth, out of which thou wast taken: for dust thou art, and into dust thou shalt return.

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Cross References

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: as it hath pleased the Lord so is it done: blessed be the name of the Lord.

Job 31:40Let thistles grow up to me instead of wheat, and thorns instead of barley.

Psalms 104:2and art clothed with light as with a garment. Who stretchest out the heaven like a pavilion:

Proverbs 22:5Arms and swords are in the way of the perverse: but he that keepeth his own soul departeth far from them.

Isaiah 5:6dummy verses inserted by amos

Isaiah 7:24With arrows and with bows they shall go in thither: for briars and thorns shall be in all the land.

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 →

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