Romans 8:20
New International Version
20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it,(A) in hope
Romans 8:20
King James Version
20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
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Genesis 3:17-19
New International Version
17 To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’(A)
“Cursed(B) is the ground(C) because of you;
through painful toil(D) you will eat food from it
all the days of your life.(E)
18 It will produce thorns and thistles(F) for you,
and you will eat the plants of the field.(G)
19 By the sweat of your brow(H)
you will eat your food(I)
until you return to the ground,
since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
and to dust you will return.”(J)
Genesis 3:17-19
King James Version
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 out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
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Genesis 5:29
New International Version
29 He named him Noah[a](A) and said, “He will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the Lord has cursed.(B)”
Footnotes
- Genesis 5:29 Noah sounds like the Hebrew for comfort.
Genesis 5:29
King James Version
29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed.
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Romans 8:22
New International Version
22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning(A) as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.
Romans 8:22
King James Version
22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
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Jeremiah 12:4
New International Version
Jeremiah 12:4
King James Version
4 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.
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Hosea 4:3
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Hosea 4:3
King James Version
3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
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Isaiah 24:5-6
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Isaiah 24:5-6
King James Version
5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
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Ecclesiastes 1:2
New International Version
2 “Meaningless! Meaningless!”
says the Teacher.
“Utterly meaningless!
Everything is meaningless.”(A)
Ecclesiastes 1:2
King James Version
2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
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Jeremiah 14:5-6
New International Version
Jeremiah 14:5-6
King James Version
5 Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.
6 And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.
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Job 12:6-10
New International Version
6 The tents of marauders are undisturbed,(A)
and those who provoke God are secure(B)—
those God has in his hand.[a]
7 “But ask the animals, and they will teach you,(C)
or the birds in the sky,(D) and they will tell you;(E)
8 or speak to the earth, and it will teach you,
or let the fish in the sea inform you.
9 Which of all these does not know(F)
that the hand of the Lord has done this?(G)
10 In his hand is the life(H) of every creature
and the breath of all mankind.(I)
Footnotes
- Job 12:6 Or those whose god is in their own hand
Job 12:6-10
King James Version
6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
9 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this?
10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
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Jeremiah 12:11
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Jeremiah 12:11
King James Version
11 They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.
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Genesis 6:13
New International Version
13 So God said to Noah, “I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy(A) both them and the earth.(B)
Genesis 6:13
King James Version
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
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Joel 1:18
New International Version
Joel 1:18
King James Version
18 How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
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