Parallel Verses

NET Bible

And I will put hostility between you and the woman and between your offspring and her offspring; her offspring will attack your head, and you will attack her offspring's heel."

New American Standard Bible

And I will put enmity
Between you and the woman,
And between your seed and her seed;
He shall bruise you on the head,
And you shall bruise him on the heel.”

King James Version

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

Holman Bible

I will put hostility between you and the woman,
and between your seed and her seed.
He will strike your head,
and you will strike his heel.

International Standard Version

"I'll place hostility between you and the woman, between your offspring and her offspring. He'll strike you on the head, and you'll strike him on the heel."

A Conservative Version

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed. He shall bruise thy head, and thou shall bruise his heel.

American Standard Version

and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

Amplified


“And I will put enmity (open hostility)
Between you and the woman,
And between your seed (offspring) and her Seed;
He shall [fatally] bruise your head,
And you shall [only] bruise His heel.”

Bible in Basic English

And there will be war between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed: by him will your head be crushed and by you his foot will be wounded.

Darby Translation

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he shall crush thy head, and thou shalt crush his heel.

Julia Smith Translation

And I will put enmity between thee and between the woman, and between thy seed and between her seed; it shall lie in wait for thee as to the head, and thou shalt lie in wait for him as to the heel.

King James 2000

And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And I will put hostility between you and between the woman, and between your offspring and between her offspring; he will strike you [on the] head, and you will strike him [on the] heel."

Modern King James verseion

And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He will bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Moreover, I will put hatred between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed. And that seed shall tread thee on the head, and thou shalt tread it on the heel."

New Heart English Bible

I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel."

The Emphasized Bible

And enmity, will I put between thee, and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed, - He shall crush thy head, but, thou, shalt crush his heel.

Webster

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

World English Bible

I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel."

Youngs Literal Translation

and enmity I put between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he doth bruise thee -- the head, and thou dost bruise him -- the heel.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And I will put
שׁית 
Shiyth 
Usage: 83

איבה 
'eybah 
Usage: 5

between thee and the woman
נשׁים אשּׁה 
'ishshah 
Usage: 780

זרע 
Zera` 
Usage: 229

and her seed
זרע 
Zera` 
Usage: 229

שׁוּף 
Shuwph 
Usage: 4

ראשׁ 
Ro'sh 
Usage: 598

and thou shalt bruise
שׁוּף 
Shuwph 
Usage: 4

Devotionals

Devotionals about Genesis 3:15

Images Genesis 3:15

Context Readings

God Pronounces Judgment

14 The Lord God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all the wild beasts and all the living creatures of the field! On your belly you will crawl and dust you will eat all the days of your life. 15 And I will put hostility between you and the woman and between your offspring and her offspring; her offspring will attack your head, and you will attack her offspring's heel." 16 To the woman he said, "I will greatly increase your labor pains; with pain you will give birth to children. You will want to control your husband, but he will dominate you."



Cross References

Romans 16:20

The God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

1 John 3:8

The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was revealed: to destroy the works of the devil.

Revelation 12:17

So the dragon became enraged at the woman and went away to make war on the rest of her children, those who keep God's commandments and hold to the testimony about Jesus. And the dragon stood on the sand of the seashore.

Isaiah 7:14

For this reason the sovereign master himself will give you a confirming sign. Look, this young woman is about to conceive and will give birth to a son. You, young woman, will name him Immanuel.

Matthew 1:23

"Look! The virgin will conceive and bear a son, and they will call him Emmanuel," which means "God with us."

Galatians 4:4

But when the appropriate time had come, God sent out his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

Psalm 132:11

The Lord made a reliable promise to David; he will not go back on his word. He said, "I will place one of your descendants on your throne.

Isaiah 53:3-4

He was despised and rejected by people, one who experienced pain and was acquainted with illness; people hid their faces from him; he was despised, and we considered him insignificant.

Isaiah 53:12

So I will assign him a portion with the multitudes, he will divide the spoils of victory with the powerful, because he willingly submitted to death and was numbered with the rebels, when he lifted up the sin of many and intervened on behalf of the rebels."

Jeremiah 31:22

How long will you vacillate, you who were once like an unfaithful daughter? For I, the Lord, promise to bring about something new on the earth, something as unique as a woman protecting a man!'"

Daniel 9:26

Now after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one will be cut off and have nothing. As for the city and the sanctuary, the people of the coming prince will destroy them. But his end will come speedily like a flood. Until the end of the war that has been decreed there will be destruction.

Micah 5:3

So the Lord will hand the people of Israel over to their enemies until the time when the woman in labor gives birth. Then the rest of the king's countrymen will return to be reunited with the people of Israel.

Matthew 1:25

but did not have marital relations with her until she gave birth to a son, whom he named Jesus.

Luke 1:31-35

Listen: You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus.

John 8:44

You people are from your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

Acts 13:10

and said, "You who are full of all deceit and all wrongdoing, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness -- will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?

Revelation 20:1-3

Then I saw an angel descending from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the abyss and a huge chain.

Revelation 20:10

And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are too, and they will be tormented there day and night forever and ever.

Genesis 49:17

May Dan be a snake beside the road, a viper by the path, that bites the heels of the horse so that its rider falls backward.

Numbers 21:6-7

So the Lord sent poisonous snakes among the people, and they bit the people; many people of Israel died.

Amos 9:3

Even if they were to hide on the top of Mount Carmel, I would hunt them down and take them from there. Even if they tried to hide from me at the bottom of the sea, from there I would command the Sea Serpent to bite them.

Matthew 4:1-10

Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

Matthew 12:34

Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say anything good, since you are evil? For the mouth speaks from what fills the heart.

Matthew 13:38

The field is the world and the good seed are the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one,

Mark 16:18

they will pick up snakes with their hands, and whatever poison they drink will not harm them; they will place their hands on the sick and they will be well."

Luke 1:76

And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High. For you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,

Luke 10:19

Look, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions and on the full force of the enemy, and nothing will hurt you.

Luke 22:39-44

Then Jesus went out and made his way, as he customarily did, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him.

Luke 22:53

Day after day when I was with you in the temple courts, you did not arrest me. But this is your hour, and that of the power of darkness!"

John 12:31-33

Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out.

John 14:30-31

I will not speak with you much longer, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me,

Acts 28:3-6

When Paul had gathered a bundle of brushwood and was putting it on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened itself on his hand.

Romans 3:13

"Their throats are open graves, they deceive with their tongues, the poison of asps is under their lips."

Ephesians 4:8

Therefore it says, "When he ascended on high he captured captives; he gave gifts to men."

Colossians 2:15

Disarming the rulers and authorities, he has made a public disgrace of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

Hebrews 2:14-15

Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, he likewise shared in their humanity, so that through death he could destroy the one who holds the power of death (that is, the devil),

Hebrews 2:18

For since he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

Hebrews 5:7

During his earthly life Christ offered both requests and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death and he was heard because of his devotion.

1 John 3:10

By this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: Everyone who does not practice righteousness -- the one who does not love his fellow Christian -- is not of God.

1 John 5:5

Now who is the person who has conquered the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

Revelation 2:10

Do not be afraid of the things you are about to suffer. The devil is about to have some of you thrown into prison so you may be tested, and you will experience suffering for ten days. Remain faithful even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown that is life itself.

Revelation 12:7-13

Then war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.

Revelation 13:7

The beast was permitted to go to war against the saints and conquer them. He was given ruling authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation,

Revelation 15:1-6

Then I saw another great and astounding sign in heaven: seven angels who have seven final plagues (they are final because in them God's anger is completed).

Revelation 20:7-8

Now when the thousand years are finished, Satan will be released from his prison

Matthew 3:7

But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, "You offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Matthew 23:33

You snakes, you offspring of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?

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