Genesis 3:18

Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 eaten of the tree concerning which I charged thee of it only not to eat—of that thou hast eaten, cursed is the ground in thy labors, in pain shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.

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

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Cross References

Job 1:21and said, 1 I myself came forth naked from my mother’s womb, 1 And naked shall I return thither: 1 The Lord gave, the Lord has taken away: 1 As it seemed good to the Lord, so has it come to pass; 1 Blessed be the name of the Lord. 1

Job 31:40Then let the nettle come up to me instead of wheat, 1 And a bramble instead of barley. 1 And Job ceased speaking.

Psalms 104:2Sing to him, yea, sing praises to him: 1 Tell forth all his wonderful works. 1

Proverbs 22:5Thistles and snares are in perverse ways; 1 But he that keeps his soul will refrain from them. 1

Isaiah 5:6And I will forsake my vineyard; and it shall not be pruned, nor dug, and thorns shall come up upon it as on barren land; and I will command the clouds to rain no rain upon it.

Isaiah 7:24Men shall enter thither with arrow and bow; for all the land shall be barren ground 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 →

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