Genesis 3:19
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
19 By the sweat of your face
you shall eat bread
until you return to the ground,
for out of it you were taken;
you are dust,
and to dust you shall return.”
Genesis 3:19
Contemporary English Version
19 You will sweat all your life
to earn a living;
you were made out of soil,
and you will once again
turn into soil.”
Genesis 3:19
Authorized (King James) Version
19 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.
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