Genesis 3:14-19
New King James Version
14 So the Lord God said to the serpent:
“Because you have done this,
You are cursed more than all cattle,
And more than every beast of the field;
On your belly you shall go,
And (A)you shall eat dust
All the days of your life.
15 And I will put enmity
Between you and the woman,
And between (B)your seed and (C)her Seed;
(D)He shall bruise your head,
And you shall bruise His heel.”
16 To the woman He said:
“I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception;
(E)In pain you shall bring forth children;
(F)Your desire shall be [a]for your husband,
And he shall (G)rule over you.”
17 Then to Adam He said, (H)“Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree (I)of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’:
(J)“Cursed is the ground for your sake;
(K)In toil you shall eat of it
All the days of your life.
18 Both thorns and thistles it shall [b]bring forth for you,
And (L)you shall eat the herb of the field.
19 (M)In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread
Till you return to the ground,
For out of it you were taken;
(N)For dust you are,
And (O)to dust you shall return.”
Footnotes
- Genesis 3:16 Lit. toward
- Genesis 3:18 cause to grow
Genesis 3:14-19
English Standard Version
14 The Lord God said to the serpent,
“Because you have done this,
cursed are you above all livestock
and above all beasts of the field;
on your belly you shall go,
and (A)dust you shall eat
all the days of your life.
15 I will put enmity between you and the woman,
and between your offspring[a] and (B)her offspring;
(C)he shall bruise your head,
and you shall bruise his heel.”
16 To the woman he said,
“I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing;
(D)in pain you shall bring forth children.
(E)Your desire shall be for[b] your husband,
and he shall (F)rule over you.”
17 And to Adam he said,
“Because you have listened to the voice of your wife
and have eaten of the tree
(G)of which I commanded you,
‘You shall not eat of it,’
(H)cursed is the ground because of you;
(I)in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;
18 thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you;
and you shall eat the plants of the field.
19 By the sweat of your face
you shall eat bread,
till you return to the ground,
for out of it you were taken;
(J)for you are dust,
and (K)to dust you shall return.”
Footnotes
- Genesis 3:15 Hebrew seed; so throughout Genesis
- Genesis 3:16 Or to, or toward, or against (see 4:7)
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