Parallel Verses
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 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.
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."
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
'aph
Lechem
Shuwb
Laqach
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 3:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Pronounces Judgment
18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you, but you will eat the grain of the field. 19 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." 20 The man named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all the living.
Cross References
Psalm 104:29
When you ignore them, they panic. When you take away their life's breath, they die and return to dust.
Genesis 2:7
The Lord God formed the man from the soil of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
Ecclesiastes 12:7
and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the life's breath returns to God who gave it.
Job 34:15
all flesh would perish together and human beings would return to dust.
Psalm 90:3
You make mankind return to the dust, and say, "Return, O people!"
Ecclesiastes 3:20
Both go to the same place, both come from the dust, and to dust both return.
2 Thessalonians 3:10
For even when we were with you, we used to give you this command: "If anyone is not willing to work, neither should he eat."
Genesis 18:27
Then Abraham asked, "Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord (although I am but dust and ashes),
Genesis 23:4
"I am a temporary settler among you. Grant me ownership of a burial site among you so that I may bury my dead."
Job 1:21
He said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will return there. The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away. May the name of the Lord be blessed!"
Job 17:13-16
If I hope for the grave to be my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,
Job 19:26
And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God,
Job 21:26
Together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover over them both.
Psalm 22:15
The roof of my mouth is as dry as a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to my gums. You set me in the dust of death.
Psalm 22:29
All of the thriving people of the earth will join the celebration and worship; all those who are descending into the grave will bow before him, including those who cannot preserve their lives.
Psalm 103:14
For he knows what we are made of; he realizes we are made of clay.
Proverbs 21:16
The one who wanders from the way of wisdom will end up in the company of the departed.
Ecclesiastes 1:3
What benefit do people get from all the effort which they expend on earth?
Ecclesiastes 1:13
I decided to carefully and thoroughly examine all that has been accomplished on earth. I concluded: God has given people a burdensome task that keeps them occupied.
Ecclesiastes 5:15
Just as he came forth from his mother's womb, naked will he return as he came, and he will take nothing in his hand that he may carry away from his toil.
Daniel 12:2
Many of those who sleep in the dusty ground will awake -- some to everlasting life, and others to shame and everlasting abhorrence.
Romans 5:12-21
So then, just as sin entered the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all people because all sinned --
1 Corinthians 15:21-22
For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead also came through a man.
Ephesians 4:28
The one who steals must steal no longer; rather he must labor, doing good with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with the one who has need.
1 Thessalonians 2:9
For you recall, brothers and sisters, our toil and drudgery: By working night and day so as not to impose a burden on any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.