Genesis 3:19
In the sweat of thy face, shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground, because therefrom, wast thou taken,—For, dust, thou art, And, unto dust, shalt thou return.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
20So the man called the name of his wife, Eve,—in that, she, was made mother of every one living.
Cross References
Genesis 5:5So all the days of Adam which he lived, were nine hundred and thirty years,—and he died.
Genesis 23:4A sojourner and settler, am I with you,—Give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, That I may bury my dead, from before me.
Job 10:9Remember, I pray thee, that, as clay, thou didst make me, and, unto dust, thou wilt cause me to return.
Job 19:26And, though, after my skin is struck off, this [followeth], yet, apart from my flesh, shall I see GOD:
Job 34:15All flesh together, would cease to breathe, and, the earth-born, unto dust, would return.
Psalms 22:29All the great ones of the earth, shall eat and bow down, Before him shall kneel, all that go down to the dust, Even he who had not kept alive, his own soul!
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 →