Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

It will produce thorns and thistles for you,
and you will eat the plants of the field.

New American Standard Bible

“Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you;
And you will eat the plants of the field;

King James Version

Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

International Standard Version

It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you'll eat the plants from the meadows.

A Conservative Version

Also, thorns and thistles it shall bring forth to thee, and thou shall eat the herb of the field.

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;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
קץ קוץ 
Qowts 
Usage: 12

and thistles
דּרדּר 
Dardar 
Usage: 2

צמח 
Tsamach 
Usage: 33

to thee and thou shalt eat
אכל 
'akal 
Usage: 809

the herb
עשׂב 
`eseb 
Usage: 33

References

Context Readings

God Pronounces Judgment

17 And He said to Adam, “Because you listened to your wife’s voice and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘Do not eat from it’:

The ground is cursed because of you.
You will eat from it by means of painful labor
all the days of your life.
18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you,
and you will eat the plants of the field.
19 You will eat bread by the sweat of your brow
until you return to the ground,
since you were taken from it.
For you are dust,
and you will return to dust.”



Cross References

Joshua 23:13

know for certain that the Lord your God will not continue to drive these nations out before you. They will become a snare and a trap for you, a scourge for your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you disappear from this good land the Lord your God has given you.

Job 1:21

saying:

Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
and naked I will leave this life.
The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away.
Praise the name of Yahweh.

Job 5:5

The hungry consume his harvest,
even taking it out of the thorns.
The thirsty pant for his children’s wealth.

Job 31:40

then let thorns grow instead of wheat
and stinkweed instead of barley.


The words of Job are concluded.

Psalm 90:3

You return mankind to the dust,
saying, “Return, descendants of Adam.”

Psalm 104:2

He wraps Himself in light as if it were a robe,
spreading out the sky like a canopy,

Psalm 104:14-15

He causes grass to grow for the livestock
and provides crops for man to cultivate,
producing food from the earth,

Proverbs 22:5

There are thorns and snares on the path of the crooked;
the one who guards himself stays far from them.

Proverbs 24:31

Thistles had come up everywhere,
weeds covered the ground,
and the stone wall was ruined.

Isaiah 5:6

I will make it a wasteland.
It will not be pruned or weeded;
thorns and briers will grow up.
I will also give orders to the clouds
that rain should not fall on it.

Isaiah 7:23

And on that day
every place where there were 1,000 vines,
worth 1,000 pieces of silver,
will become thorns and briers.

Isaiah 32:13

for the ground of my people
growing thorns and briers,
indeed, for every joyous house in the joyful city.

Jeremiah 4:3

For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem:

Break up the unplowed ground;
do not sow among the thorns.

Jeremiah 12:13

They have sown wheat but harvested thorns.
They have exhausted themselves but have no profit.
Be put to shame by your harvests
because of the Lord’s burning anger.

Matthew 13:7

Others fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them.

Romans 14:2

One person believes he may eat anything, but one who is weak eats only vegetables.

Hebrews 6:8

But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and about to be cursed, and will be burned at the end.

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