Genesis 3:18

The ground will always bring forth thorns and thistles, and you will eat the plants of the field.

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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

17To Adam he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and ate from the tree about which I ordered you: ‘You must never eat from it’ the ground will be cursed because of you; as long as you live, you will earn a living only by anguished toil.

19By the sweat of your brow you will eat bread, until you return to the ground, for from it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you will return!”

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Cross References

Psalms 104:2covered with robe of light. You stretch out the heavens like the cloth of a tent.

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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