Parallel Verses
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.
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."
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.
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.
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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Lechem
Shuwb
Laqach
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 3:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Pronounces Judgment
18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to you; and you shall eat the plants of the field; 19 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. 20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
Cross References
Psalm 104:29
You hide your face, they are troubled: you take away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
Genesis 2:7
And the 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
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Job 34:15
All flesh would perish together, and man would turn again unto dust.
Psalm 90:3
You turn man to destruction; and say, Return, you children of men.
Ecclesiastes 3:20
All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
2 Thessalonians 3:10
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
Genesis 18:27
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto 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 said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there: the LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
Job 17:13-16
If I wait, the grave is my house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
Job 19:26
And though after my skin is thus destroyed, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
Job 21:26
They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
Psalm 22:15
My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue clings to my jaws; and you have brought me to the dust of death.
Psalm 22:29
All the prosperous of earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
Psalm 103:14
For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust.
Proverbs 21:16
The man that wanders out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
Ecclesiastes 1:3
What profit has a man of all his labor which he takes under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 1:13
And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this severe burden has God given to the sons of man to be afflicted with.
Ecclesiastes 5:15
As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing from his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.
Daniel 12:2
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Romans 5:12-21
Therefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
1 Corinthians 15:21-22
For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
Ephesians 4:28
Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needs.
1 Thessalonians 2:9
For you remember, brethren, our labor and travail: for laboring night and day, because we would not be a burden unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.