Genesis 3:18
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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; the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
Job 31:40Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and noisome weeds instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
Psalms 104:2Who coverest Thyself with light as with a garment, who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain;
Proverbs 22:5Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward; he that keepeth his soul holdeth himself 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 7:24With arrows and with bow shall one come thither; because all the land shall become 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 →