Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Also, thorns and thistles it shall bring forth to thee, and thou shall eat the herb of the field.
New American Standard Bible
And you will eat the
King James Version
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
Holman Bible
and you will eat the plants of the field.
International Standard Version
It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you'll eat the plants from the meadows.
American Standard Version
thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
Amplified
“Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you;
And you shall eat the plants of the field.
Bible in Basic English
Thorns and waste plants will come up, and the plants of the field will be your food;
Darby Translation
and thorns and thistles shall it yield thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.
Julia Smith Translation
And thorns and weeds shall it cause to sprout forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the green herb of the field.
King James 2000
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to you; and you shall eat the plants of the field;
Lexham Expanded Bible
And thorns and thistles shall sprout for you, and you shall eat the plants of the field.
Modern King James verseion
It shall also bring forth thorns and thistles to you, and you shall eat the herb of the field.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and it shall bear thorns and thistles unto thee. And thou shalt eat the herbs of the field:
NET Bible
It will produce thorns and thistles for you, but you will eat the grain of the field.
New Heart English Bible
Thorns also and thistles will it bring forth to you; and you will eat the herb of the field.
The Emphasized Bible
Thorn also and thistle, shall it shoot forth to thee, - when thou hast come to eat of the herb of the field:
Webster
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
World English Bible
Thorns also and thistles will it bring forth to you; and you will eat the herb of the field.
Youngs Literal Translation
and thorn and bramble it doth bring forth to thee, and thou hast eaten the herb of the field;
Themes
Afflictions » Consequent upon the fall
Agriculture » Foes of » Made difficult by sin
Agriculture or husbandry » Rendered laborious by the curse on the earth
Curse » Denounced » Against adam and eve
Curse » Denounced » Against the ground
natural Life » Forfeited by sin
Man » Punished for disobedience
Sin » How sin entered into the world
Sin » The ground was cursed on account of
Interlinear
Tsamach
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 3:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Pronounces Judgment
17 And to Adam he said, Because thou have hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shall not eat of it, cursed is the ground for thy sake. In toil thou shall eat of it all 18 Also, thorns and thistles it shall bring forth to thee, and thou shall eat the herb of the field. 19 In the sweat of thy face thou shall eat bread, till thou return to the ground, for out of it thou were taken. For thou are dust, and to dust thou shall return.
Cross References
Joshua 23:13
know for a certainty that LORD your God will no more drive these nations from out of your sight, but they shall be a snare and a trap to you, and a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good
Job 1:21
And he said, Naked I came out of my mother's womb, and naked I shall return there. LORD gave, and LORD has taken away, blessed be the name of LORD.
Job 5:5
whose harvest the hungry eat up, and takes it even out of the thorns, and the snare gapes for their substance.
Job 31:40
let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
Psalm 90:3
Thou turn man to destruction, and say, Return, ye sons of men.
Psalm 104:2
who covers thyself with light as with a garment, who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,
Psalm 104:14-15
He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, and herbage for the service of man, that he may bring forth food out of the earth,
Proverbs 22:5
Thorns [and] snares are in the way of a perverse man. He who keeps his soul shall be far from them.
Proverbs 24:31
And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns. The face of it was covered with nettles, and the stone wall of it was broken down.
Isaiah 5:6
And I will lay it waste. It shall not be pruned nor hoed, but there shall come up briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
Isaiah 7:23
And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silver coins, shall be for briers and thorns.
Isaiah 32:13
Thorns and briers shall come up on the land of my people, yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city.
Jeremiah 12:13
They have sown wheat, and have reaped thorns. They have put themselves to pain, and profit nothing. And ye shall be ashamed of your fruits, because of the fierce anger of LORD.
Matthew 13:7
And others fell in the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.
Romans 14:2
One man has faith to eat all things, but he who is weak eats vegetables.
Hebrews 6:8
But producing thorns and thistles it is unfit and near a curse, the end of which is for burning.