Genesis 3:19

by the sweat of thy face thou dost eat bread till thy return unto the ground, for out of it hast thou been taken, for dust thou [art], and unto dust thou turnest back.'

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

In Context

18and thorn and bramble it doth bring forth to thee, and thou hast eaten the herb of the field;

20And the man calleth his wife's name Eve: for she hath been mother of all living.

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Cross References

Genesis 5:5And all the days of Adam which he lived are nine hundred and thirty years, and he dieth.

Genesis 23:4'A sojourner and a settler I [am] with you; give to me a possession of a burying-place with you, and I bury my dead from before me.'

Job 10:9Remember, I pray Thee, That as clay Thou hast made me, And unto dust Thou dost bring me back.

Job 19:26And after my skin hath compassed this [body], Then from my flesh I see God:

Job 34:15Expire doth all flesh together, And man to dust returneth.

Psalms 22:29And the fat ones of earth have eaten, And they bow themselves, Before Him bow do all going down to dust, And he [who] hath not revived his 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 →

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