Genesis 3:18

It will produce thorns and thistles for you, 1 and you will eat the plants of the field. 1

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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, 1 “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, 1 and have eaten from the tree, concerning which I commanded you, 1 saying, 'You may not eat from it,' 1 cursed is the ground because of you; 1 through painful work you will eat from it all the days of your life. 1

19By the sweat of your face you will eat bread, 1 until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. 1 For dust you are, and to dust you will return.”

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Cross References

Job 1:21He said, “I was naked when I came out of my mother's womb, and I will be naked when I will return there. It is Yahweh who gave, and it is Yahweh who has taken away. May the name of Yahweh be blessed.”

Job 31:40then let thorns grow instead of wheat 1 and weeds instead of barley.” The words of Job are finished.

Psalms 104:2You cover yourself with light as with a garment; 1 you spread out the heavens like a tent curtain. 1

Proverbs 22:5Thorns and snares lie in the path of the perverse; 1 whoever guards his life will keep far from them. 1

Isaiah 5:6I will lay it waste, and it will not be pruned nor hoed. Instead, briers and thorns will spring up. 1 I will also command the clouds not to rain on it. 1

Isaiah 7:24Men will go there to hunt with bows, because all the land will be briers and thorns. 1

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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