Genesis 3:16
New American Standard Bible
16 To the woman He said,
“I will greatly multiply
Your pain [a]in childbirth,
In pain you shall (A)deliver children;
Yet your desire will be for your husband,
And (B)he shall rule over you.”
Footnotes
- Genesis 3:16 Lit and your pregnancy
Genesis 3:16
New King James Version
16 To the woman He said:
“I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception;
(A)In pain you shall bring forth children;
(B)Your desire shall be [a]for your husband,
And he shall (C)rule over you.”
Footnotes
- Genesis 3:16 Lit. toward
Genesis 3:16
Authorized (King James) Version
16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
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Genesis 3:16
English Standard Version
16 To the woman he said,
“I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing;
(A)in pain you shall bring forth children.
(B)Your desire shall be for[a] your husband,
and he shall (C)rule over you.”
Footnotes
- Genesis 3:16 Or to, or toward, or against (see 4:7)
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