Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
For God sees that on the day when you take of its fruit, your eyes will be open, and you will be as gods, having knowledge of good and evil.
New American Standard Bible
For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and
King James Version
For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Holman Bible
“In fact, God knows that when
International Standard Version
"Even God knows that on the day you eat from it, your eyes will be opened and you'll become like God, knowing good and evil."
A Conservative Version
For God knows that in the day ye eat of it, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
American Standard Version
for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil.
Amplified
For God knows that on the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened [that is, you will have greater awareness], and you will be like God, knowing [the difference between] good and evil.”
Darby Translation
but God knows that in the day ye eat of it, your eyes will be opened, and ye will be as God, knowing good and evil.
Julia Smith Translation
For God is knowing in the day of your eating from it, and your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil.
King James 2000
For God does know that in the day you eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and you shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For God knows that on the day you [both] eat from it, then your eyes will be opened and you [both] shall be like gods, knowing good and evil."
Modern King James verseion
for God knows that in the day you eat of it, then your eyes shall be opened, and you shall be as God, knowing good and evil.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
but God doth know, that whensoever ye should eat of it, your eyes should be opened and ye should be as God and know both good and evil."
NET Bible
for God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will open and you will be like divine beings who know good and evil."
New Heart English Bible
for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
The Emphasized Bible
For God doth know, that in the day ye eat thereof, then shall your eyes be opened, - and ye shall become like God, knowing good and evil.
Webster
For God doth know, that in the day ye eat of it, then your eyes shall be opened: and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
World English Bible
for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
Youngs Literal Translation
for God doth know that in the day of your eating of it -- your eyes have been opened, and ye have been as God, knowing good and evil.'
Themes
Adversary » Power of » Tempting to disobedience
Adversary » The arch deceiver attempts to ruin men » By lying promises
Ambition » Exemplified » Adam and eve
Arch deceiver » The arch deceiver attempts to ruin men » By lying promises
Bible stories for children » The woman who exchanged her home and all she had for an apple
Common delusions » Thinking that sin will give fulness of life
Craftiness » Instances of » Satan, in the temptation of eve
Fall of man » Through temptation of the devil
Falsehood » Instances of » Satan » In deceiving eve
Influence » Evil » Instances of » Satan over adam and eve
Knowledge » May become a hinderance instead of a help to men » Desire for, a source of temptation
Knowledge » Danger of » Desire for, a source of temptation
Man » Disobeyed God by eating part of the forbidden fruit
Presumption » Instances of » Satan, when he said to eve, "you will surely not die,"
Satan » Vanquished promises of ultimate triumph » Tempting to disobedience
Satan » The arch deceiver attempts to ruin men » By lying promises
Satan's » Work » Tempting to disobedience
Serpent » Power of » Tempting to disobedience
Serpent » Satan appears to eve in the form of
Serpent » The arch deceiver attempts to ruin men » By lying promises
Sin » How sin entered into the world
Temptation » Yielding to temptation » Adam
Tempter » Power of » Tempting to disobedience
Tempter » The arch deceiver attempts to ruin men » By lying promises
Truth » Of God » Is denied by » The Devil
the Truth of God » Is denied by » The Devil
Women » Why women should not have authority over men
Topics
Interlinear
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Yowm
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 3:5
Prayers for Genesis 3:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Fall
4 And the snake said, Death will not certainly come to you: 5 For God sees that on the day when you take of its fruit, your eyes will be open, and you will be as gods, having knowledge of good and evil. 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and a delight to the eyes, and to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and gave it to her husband.
Cross References
Ezekiel 28:2
Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, This is what the Lord has said: Because your heart has been lifted up, and you have said, I am a god, I am seated on the seat of God in the heart of the seas; but you are man and not God, though you have made your heart as the heart of God:
Genesis 2:17
But of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you may not take; for on the day when you take of it, death will certainly come to you.
Genesis 3:7
And their eyes were open and they were conscious that they had no clothing and they made themselves coats of leaves stitched together.
Genesis 3:10
And he said, Hearing your voice in the garden I was full of fear, because I was without clothing: and I kept myself from your eyes.
Genesis 3:22
And the Lord God said, Now the man has become like one of us, having knowledge of good and evil; and now if he puts out his hand and takes of the fruit of the tree of life, he will go on living for ever.
Exodus 5:2
And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, to whose voice I am to give ear and let Israel go? I have no knowledge of the Lord and I will not let Israel go.
Exodus 20:7
You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged a sinner by the Lord
1 Kings 22:6
So the king of Israel got all the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, Am I to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And they said, Go up: for the Lord will give it into the hands of the king.
2 Chronicles 32:15
So do not be tricked by Hezekiah or let him get you to do this, and do not put any faith in what he says: for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to keep his people safe from my hands, or the hands of my fathers: how much less will your God keep you safe from my hands!
Psalm 12:4
They have said, With our tongues will we overcome; our lips are ours: who is lord over us?
Isaiah 14:14
I will go higher than the clouds; I will be like the Most High.
Jeremiah 14:13-14
Then I said, Ah, Lord God! see, the prophets say to them, You will not see the sword or be short of food; but I will give you certain peace in this place.
Jeremiah 28:2-3
These are the words of the Lord of armies, the God of Israel: By me the yoke of the king of Babylon has been broken.
Ezekiel 13:2-6
Son of man, be a prophet against the prophets of Israel, and say to those prophets whose words are the invention of their hearts, Give ear to the word of the Lord;
Ezekiel 13:22
Because with your false words you have given pain to the heart of the upright man when I had not made him sad; in order to make strong the hands of the evil-doer so that he may not be turned from his evil way and get life:
Ezekiel 28:9
Will you say, in the face of those who are taking your life, I am God? but you are man and not God in the hands of those who are wounding you.
Ezekiel 29:3
Say to them, These are the words of the Lord: See, I am against you, Pharaoh, king of Egypt, the great river-beast stretched out among his Nile streams, who has said, The Nile is mine, and I have made it for myself.
Daniel 4:30
The king made answer and said, Is this not great Babylon, which I have made for the living-place of kings, by the strength of my power and for the glory of my honour?
Daniel 6:7
All the chief rulers of the kingdom, the chiefs and the captains, the wise men and the rulers, have made a common decision to put in force a law having the king's authority, and to give a strong order, that whoever makes any request to any god or man but you, O King, for thirty days, is to be put into the lions' hole.
Matthew 6:23
But if your eye is evil, all your body will be dark. If then the light which is in you is dark, how dark it will be!
Acts 12:22-23
And the people, with loud cries, said, It is the voice of a god, not of a man.
Acts 26:18
To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.
2 Corinthians 4:4
Because the god of this world has made blind the minds of those who have not faith, so that the light of the good news of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, might not be shining on them.
2 Corinthians 11:3
But I have a fear, that in some way, as Eve was tricked by the deceit of the snake, your minds may be turned away from their simple and holy love for Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:13-15
For such men are false Apostles, workers of deceit, making themselves seem like Apostles of Christ.
2 Thessalonians 2:4
Who puts himself against all authority, lifting himself up over all which is named God or is given worship; so that he takes his seat in the Temple of God, putting himself forward as God.
Revelation 13:4
And they gave worship to the dragon, because he gave authority to the beast; and worshipping the beast, they said, Who is like the beast? and who is able to go to war with him?
Revelation 13:14
And those who are on the earth are turned from the true way by him through the signs which he was given power to do before the beast; giving orders to those who are on the earth to make an image to the beast, who was wounded by the sword, and came to life.