Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
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.
New American Standard Bible
You will eat bread,
Till you
Because
For you are dust,
And to dust you shall return.”
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
until you return to the ground,
since you were taken from it.
For you are dust,
and you will return to dust.”
International Standard Version
You will eat food by the sweat of your brow until you're buried in the ground, because you were taken from it. You're made from dust and you'll return to dust."
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
“By the sweat of your face
You will eat bread
Until you return to the ground,
For from it you were taken;
For you are dust,
And to dust you shall return.”
Bible in Basic English
With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.
Darby Translation
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground: for out of it wast thou taken. For dust thou art; and unto dust shalt thou return.
Julia Smith Translation
In the sweat of thy face thou shalt eat food until thy turning back to the earth; for out of it thou wert taken; for dust thou art, and to dust shalt thou turn back.
King James 2000
In the sweat of your face shall you eat bread, till you return unto the ground; for out of it were you taken: for dust you are, and unto dust shall you return.
Lexham Expanded Bible
By the sweat of your brow you shall eat bread, until your return to the ground. For from it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
Modern King James verseion
In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, until thou return unto the earth whence thou wast taken: for earth thou art, and unto earth shalt thou return."
NET Bible
By the sweat of your brow you will eat food until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return."
New Heart English Bible
By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
The Emphasized Bible
In the sweat of thy face, shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground, because therefrom, wast thou taken, - For, dust, thou art, And, unto dust, shalt thou return.
Webster
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou shalt return to the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and to dust shalt thou return.
World English Bible
By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
Youngs Literal Translation
by the sweat of thy face thou dost eat bread till thy return unto the ground, for out of it hast thou been taken, for dust thou art, and unto dust thou turnest back.'
Themes
Afflictions » Consequent upon the fall
Agriculture » Divine institution of
Agriculture or husbandry » Rendered laborious by the curse on the earth
Bread » Often put for the whole sustenance of man
Consequences of sin » Death, physical and spiritual
Corruption » Physical decomposition » After death
Curse » Denounced » Against adam and eve
death » Miscellaneous subjects » Returning to dust
natural Death » Described as » Returning to dust
the Earth » Man » Shall return to
Embalming » An attempt to defeat God's purpose
Error » Sin's penalty » Death, physical and spiritual
Fall of man » Punishment consequent upon » Temporal death
Fall of man » Punishment consequent upon » Condemnation to labor and sorrow
natural Life » Forfeited by sin
Man » Punished for disobedience
Sin's penalty » Death, physical and spiritual
Sin » Conviction of, results of » Death, a penalty for
Sin » Penalty for » Death, physical and spiritual
Sin » How sin entered into the world
Sin » Toil and sorrow originated in
Sins » Penalty » Death, physical and spiritual
Temptation » Yielding to temptation » Adam
Transgression » Sin's penalty » Death, physical and spiritual
Topics
Interlinear
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Shuwb
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 3:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Pronounces Judgment
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. 20 And the man called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.
Cross References
Psalm 104:29
Thou hide thy face, they are troubled. Thou take away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
Genesis 2:7
And LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
Ecclesiastes 12:7
and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Job 34:15
all flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again to dust.
Psalm 90:3
Thou turn man to destruction, and say, Return, ye sons of men.
Ecclesiastes 3:20
All go to one place. All are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
2 Thessalonians 3:10
For even when we were with you we commanded you this, that if any man will not work, neither let him eat.
Genesis 18:27
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.
Genesis 23:4
I am a stranger and a sojourner with you. Give me a possession of a burying place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
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 17:13-16
If I look for Sheol as my house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness,
Job 19:26
And after my skin, this [body], is destroyed, then outside my flesh I shall see God,
Job 21:26
They lie down alike in the dust, and the worm covers them.
Psalm 22:15
My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue clings to my jaws, and thou have brought me into the dust of death.
Psalm 22:29
All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him, even he who cannot keep his soul alive.
Psalm 103:14
For he knows our frame. He remembers that we are dust.
Proverbs 21:16
The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the dead.
Ecclesiastes 1:3
What profit has man from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 1:13
And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven. It is a great tribulation that God has given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.
Ecclesiastes 5:15
As he came forth from his mother's womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.
Daniel 12:2
And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Romans 5:12-21
Because of this, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, so also death passed to all men, in that all sinned.
1 Corinthians 15:21-22
For since death is because of a man, the resurrection of the dead is also because of a man.
Ephesians 4:28
Let the man who steals steal no more, but rather let him labor, working with his hands the good, so that he may have to give to him who has need.
1 Thessalonians 2:9
For ye remember, brothers, our labor and the hardship. For, laboring night and day in order not to burden any of you, we preached to you the good-news of God.