Genesis 3:4
The serpent said to the woman, "You won't surely die,
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 3:13The Lord God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?"The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."
2 Kings 1:4Now therefore thus says the Lord, "You shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die."'" Elijah departed.
2 Kings 1:16He said to him, "Thus says the Lord, 'Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die.'"
2 Chronicles 18:21"He said, 'I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.'"He said, 'You will entice him, and will prevail also. Go forth, and do so.'
John 8:44You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father.
2 Corinthians 11:3But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 3:2-6
The Tempter's Subtlety; The Tempter's Importunity ( b. c. 4004.) 1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4 And the serpent said unto the… Read the whole commentary →