Genesis 3:18
Thornes also, and thistles shall it bring foorth to thee, and thou shalt eate the herbe of the fielde.
Geneva Bible 1599
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
Cross References
Job 1:21And sayd, Naked came I out of my mothers wombe, and naked shall I returne thither: the Lord hath giuen, and the Lord hath taken it: blessed be the Name of the Lord.
Job 31:40Let thistles growe in steade of wheate, and cockle in the stead of Barley. The wordes of Iob are ended.
Psalms 104:2Which couereth himselfe with light as with a garment, and spreadeth the heauens like a curtaine.
Proverbs 22:5Thornes and snares are in the way of the frowarde: but he that regardeth his soule, will depart farre from them.
Isaiah 5:6And I will laye it waste: it shall not be cut, nor digged, but briers, and thornes shall growe vp: I will also commande the cloudes that they raine no raine vpon it.
Isaiah 7:24With arrowes and with bowe shall one come thither: because all the land shall be briers and thornes.
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 →