Genesis 3:18 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

The ground will grow thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat wild plants.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

ASV:

thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

BBE:

Thorns and waste plants will come up, and the plants of the field will be your food;

DBY:

and thorns and thistles shall it yield thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.

ERV:

thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

JPS:

Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.

WBS:

Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

WEB:

Thorns also and thistles will it bring forth to you; and you will eat the herb of the field.

YLT:

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

Genesis 3:18 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 3:17 Then to Adam He said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat from it'; Cursed is the ground because of you; In toil you will eat of it All the days of your life.

Genesis 3:19 By the sweat of your face You will eat bread, Till you return to the ground, Because from it you were taken; For you are dust, And to dust you shall return." (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

3:18 {t} Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
(t) These are not the natural fruit of the earth, but proceed from the corruption of sin.

MHC:

3:16-19 The woman, for her sin, is condemned to a state of sorrow, and of subjection; proper punishments of that sin, in which she had sought to gratify the desire of her eye, and of the flesh, and her pride. Sin brought sorrow into the world; that made the world a vale of tears. No wonder our sorrows are multiplied, when our sins are so. He shall rule over thee, is but God's command, Wives, be subject to your own husbands. If man had not sinned, he would always have ruled with wisdom and love; if the woman had not sinned, she would always have obeyed with humility and meekness. Adam laid the blame on his wife; but though it was her fault to persuade him to eat the forbidden fruit, it was his fault to hearken to her. Thus men's frivolous pleas will, in the day of God's judgment, be turned against them. God put marks of displeasure on Adam. 1. His habitation is cursed. God gave the earth to the children of men, to be a comfortable dwelling; but it is now cursed for man's sin. Yet Adam is not himself cursed, as the serpent was, but only the ground for his sake. 2. His employments and enjoyments are imbittered to him. Labour is our duty, which we must faithfully perform; it is part of man's sentence, which idleness daringly defies. Uneasiness and weariness with labour are our just punishment, which we must patiently submit to, since they are less than our iniquity deserves. Man's food shall become unpleasant to him. Yet man is not sentenced to eat dust as the serpent, only to eat the herb of the field. 3. His life also is but short; considering how full of trouble his days are, it is in favour to him that they are few. Yet death being dreadful to nature, even when life is unpleasant, that concludes the punishment. Sin brought death into the world: if Adam had not sinned, he had not died. He gave way to temptation, but the Saviour withstood it. And how admirably the satisfaction of our Lord Jesus, by his death and sufferings, answered the sentence passed on our first parents! Did travailing pains come with sin? We read of the travail of Christ's soul, Isa 53:11; and the pains of death he was held by, are so called, Ac 2:24. Did subjection came in with sin? Christ was made under the law, Ga 4:4. Did the curse come in with sin? Christ was made a curse for us, he died a cursed death, Ga 3:13. Did thorns come in with sin? He was crowned with thorns for us. Did sweat come in with sin? He sweat for us, as it had been great drops of blood. Did sorrow come in with sin? He was a man of sorrows; his soul was, in his agony, exceeding sorrowful. Did death come in with sin? He became obedient unto death. Thus is the plaster as wide as the wound. Blessed be God for his Son our Lord Jesus Christ.

CONC:

Bramble Bring Eat Eaten Field Forth Grow Hast Herb Plants Thistles Thorn Thorns Waste Yield

Bramble Eat Eaten Field Food Forth Grow Herb Plants Produce Thistles Thorn Thorns Waste Yield

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