Genesis 3:14

Then the Lord God said to the snake: ‘Because you have done this, you will be more accursed than all cattle and all the wild beasts. You will crawl on your belly and eat dust all your life.

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In The King James Version

And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

In Context

13The Lord God said to the woman, ‘What is this that you have done?’ The woman replied, ‘The snake deceived me, and I ate.’

15I will establish hostility between you and the woman, between your offspring and hers, who will wound your head, and you will wound their heel.’

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Cross References

Genesis 3:1Now the snake was craftier than any other wild beast that the Lord God had made. It said to the woman, ‘Has God really said, “You must not eat from any tree of the garden”?’

Micah 7:17they will lick the dust like snakes, like creatures that crawl on the earth; they will come trembling and in terror from their hiding places, in dread and fear.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 3:12-14

11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? 12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. 13 And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. We have here the offenders found guilty by their own confession, and yet endeavouring to excuse and extenuate their fault. They could not confess… Read the whole commentary →

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