Genesis 3:19

In 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.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The 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.

In Context

18Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou eat the herbs of the earth.

20And Adam called the name of his wife Eve: because she was the mother of all the living.

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Cross References

Genesis 5:5And all the time that Adam lived came to nine hundred and thirty years, and he died.

Genesis 23:4I am a stranger and sojourner among you: give me the right of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead.

Job 10:9Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay, and thou wilt bring me into dust again.

Job 19:26And I shall be clothed again with my skin, and in my flesh I will see my God.

Job 34:15All flesh shall perish together, and man shall return into ashes.

Psalms 22:29For the kingdom is the Lord's; and he shall have dominion over the nations.

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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