Genesis 3:18

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

Genesis 3:18 in Other Translations

KJV
18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
ESV
18 thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field.
NLT
18 It will grow thorns and thistles for you, though you will eat of its grains.
MSG
18 The ground will sprout thorns and weeds, you'll get your food the hard way, Planting and tilling and harvesting,
CSB
18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.

Genesis 3:18 In-Context

16 To the woman he said, “I will make your pains in childbearing very severe; with painful labor you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
17 To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’ “Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat food from it 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 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.”
20 Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all the living.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Job 31:40; Isaiah 5:6; Hebrews 6:8
  • 2. Psalms 104:14
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