Genesis 3:18

and it brings forth thorn and bramble for you, and you have eaten the herb of the field;

Literal Standard Version

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 the man He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and eat from the tree concerning which I have charged you, saying, You do not eat of it, cursed [is] the ground on your account; in sorrow you eat of it [for] all days of your life,

19by the sweat of your face you eat bread until your return to the ground, for you have been taken out of it, for dust you [are], and to dust you return.”

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Cross References

Job 1:21and he says, “I came forth naked from the womb of my mother, || And naked I return there. YHWH has given and YHWH has taken; Let the Name of YHWH be blessed.”

Job 31:40Instead of wheat let a thorn go forth, || And instead of barley a useless weed!” The words of Job are finished.

Psalms 104:2Covering Himself [with] light as a garment, || Stretching out the heavens as a curtain,

Proverbs 22:5Thorns [and] snares [are] in the way of the perverse, || Whoever is keeping his soul is far from them.

Isaiah 5:6And I make it a waste, || It is not pruned, nor arranged, || And brier and thorn have gone up, || And I lay a charge on the thick clouds, || From raining on it rain.

Isaiah 7:24He comes there with arrows and with bow, || Because all the land is brier and thorn.

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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