Genesis 3:18
And thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herbs of the field.
Leeser Tanakh
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; may the name of the Lord be blessed.
Job 31:40Then may instead of wheat, thorns come forth, and instead of barley, cockle. (Here end the words of Job.)
Psalms 104:2[Thou art he] who wrappeth himself in light as with a garment; who stretcheth out the heavens like a curtain;
Proverbs 22:5Thorns and snares are on the way of a perverse man: he that doth guard his soul will keep far from them.
Isaiah 5:6And I will lay it quite waste; it shall not be pruned, nor hoed around; and it shall be overgrown with briers and thorns; and the clouds will I command that they send down no rain upon it.
Isaiah 7:24With arrows and with bows shall men enter thither; because all the land shall become [covered with] 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 →