Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And the snake said, Death will not certainly come to you:
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
Holman Bible
“No! You will not die,” the serpent said to the woman.
International Standard Version
"You certainly will not die!" the Shining One told the woman.
A Conservative Version
And the serpent said to the woman, Ye shall not surely die.
American Standard Version
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
Amplified
But the serpent said to the woman, “You certainly will not die!
Darby Translation
And the serpent said to the woman, Ye will not certainly die;
Julia Smith Translation
And the serpent will say to the woman, Dying ye shall not die.
King James 2000
And the serpent said unto the woman, You shall not surely die:
Lexham Expanded Bible
But the serpent said to the woman, "You shall not surely die.
Modern King James verseion
And the serpent said to the woman, You shall not surely die,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then said the serpent unto the woman, "Tush, ye shall not die:
NET Bible
The serpent said to the woman, "Surely you will not die,
New Heart English Bible
The serpent said to the woman, "You won't surely die,
The Emphasized Bible
And the serpent said unto the woman, - Ye shall not die,
Webster
And the serpent said to the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
World English Bible
The serpent said to the woman, "You won't surely die,
Youngs Literal Translation
And the serpent saith unto the woman, 'Dying, ye do not die,
Themes
Adversary » Power of » Tempting to disobedience
Bible stories for children » The woman who exchanged her home and all she had for an apple
Craftiness » Instances of » Satan, in the temptation of eve
Deception » General examples of
Deception » Instances of » By satan
Fall of man » Through temptation of the devil
Falsehood » Instances of » Satan » In deceiving eve
Influence » Evil » Instances of » Satan over adam and eve
Man » Disobeyed God by eating part of the forbidden fruit
Presumption » Instances of » Satan, when he said to eve, "you will surely not die,"
Satan » Vanquished promises of ultimate triumph » Tempting to disobedience
Satan » The prince » The serpent
Satan's » Work » Tempting to disobedience
Serpent » Power of » Tempting to disobedience
Serpent » Satan appears to eve in the form of
Sin » How sin entered into the world
Temptation » Yielding to temptation » Adam
Tempter » Power of » Tempting to disobedience
Titles and names of the devil » Serpent
Truth » Of God » Is denied by » The Devil
the Truth of God » Is denied by » The Devil
Women » Why women should not have authority over men
Topics
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 3:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Fall
3 But of the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, If you take of it or put your hands on it, death will come to you. 4 And the snake said, Death will not certainly come to you: 5 For God sees that on the day when you take of its fruit, your eyes will be open, and you will be as gods, having knowledge of good and evil.
Names
Cross References
John 8:44
You are the children of your father the Evil One and it is your pleasure to do his desires. From the first he was a taker of life; and he did not go in the true way because there is no true thing in him. When he says what is false, it is natural to him, for he is false and the father of what is false.
2 Corinthians 11:3
But I have a fear, that in some way, as Eve was tricked by the deceit of the snake, your minds may be turned away from their simple and holy love for Christ.
Genesis 3:13
And the Lord God said to the woman, What have you done? And the woman said, I was tricked by the deceit of the snake and I took it.
Deuteronomy 29:19
If such a man, hearing the words of this oath, takes comfort in the thought that he will have peace even if he goes on in the pride of his heart, taking whatever chance may give him:
2 Kings 1:4
Give ear then to the words of the Lord: You will never again get down from the bed on to which you have gone up, but death will certainly come to you. Then Elijah went away.
2 Kings 1:6
And they said to him, On our way we had a meeting with a man who said, Go back to the king who sent you and say to him, The Lord says, Is it because there is no God in Israel that you send to put a question to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? For this reason, you will not come down from the bed on to which you have gone up, but death will certainly come to you.
2 Kings 1:16
And he said to him, This is the word of the Lord: Because you sent men to put a question to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, for this reason you will never again get down from the bed on to which you have gone up, but death will certainly come to you.
2 Kings 8:10
And Elisha said to him, Go, say to him, You will certainly get better; but the Lord has made it clear to me that only death is before him.
Psalm 10:11
He says in his heart, God has no memory of me: his face is turned away; he will never see it.
2 Corinthians 2:11
So that Satan may not get the better of us: for we are not without knowledge of his designs.
1 Timothy 2:14
And Adam was not taken by deceit, but the woman, being tricked, became a wrongdoer.