Parallel Verses New Living Translation And to the man he said, "Since you listened to your wife and ate from the tree whose fruit I commanded you not to eat, the ground is cursed because of you. All your life you will struggle to scratch a living from it. King James Bible And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; Darby Bible Translation And to Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed be the ground on thy account; with toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; World English Bible To Adam he said, "Because you have listened to your wife's voice, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground for your sake. In toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. Young's Literal Translation And to the man He said, 'Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and dost eat of the tree concerning which I have charged thee, saying, Thou dost not eat of it, cursed is the ground on thine account; in sorrow thou dost eat of it all days of thy life, Genesis 3:17 Parallel Commentary Wesley's Notes on the Bible3:17 Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife - He excused the fault, by laying it on his wife, but God doth not admit the excuse; tho' it was her fault to persuade him to eat it, it was his fault to hearken to her. Cursed is the ground for thy sake - And the effect of that curse is, Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth unto thee - The ground or earth, by the sin of man, is made subject to vanity, the several parts of it being not so serviceable to man's comfort and happiness, as they were when they were made. Fruitfulness was its blessing for man's service, Ge 1:11 - 29, and now barrenness was its curse for man's punishment. Genesis 3:17 Parallel Commentaries Library The Voice of the Lord God(Preached also at the Chapel Royal, St. James, Sexagesima Sunday.) GENESIS iii. 8. And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day. These words would startle us, if we heard them for the first time. I do not know but that they may startle us now, often as we have heard them, if we think seriously over them. That God should appear to mortal man, and speak with mortal man. It is most wonderful. It is utterly unlike anything that we have ever seen, or that any … Charles Kingsley—The Gospel of the Pentateuch The God of Nature (Preached During a Wet Harvest. ) The Protevangelium. His Past Work. Cross References Romans 8:20 Against its will, all creation was subjected to God's curse. But with eager hope, Hebrews 6:8 But if a field bears thorns and thistles, it is useless. The farmer will soon condemn that field and burn it. Genesis 3:18 It will grow thorns and thistles for you, though you will eat of its grains. Genesis 5:29 Lamech named his son Noah, for he said, "May he bring us relief from our work and the painful labor of farming this ground that the LORD has cursed." Genesis 8:21 And the LORD was pleased with the aroma of the sacrifice and said to himself, "I will never again curse the ground because of the human race, even though everything they think or imagine is bent toward evil from childhood. I will never again destroy all living things. Job 5:7 People are born for trouble as readily as sparks fly up from a fire. Job 14:1 "How frail is humanity! How short is life, how full of trouble! Jump to Previous Adam Ate Commanded Cursed Eat Eaten Ground Hearkened Life Painful Sake Sorrow Toil Tree Voice Wife Wife'sJump to Next Adam Ate Commanded Cursed Eat Eaten Ground Hearkened Life Painful Sake Sorrow Toil Tree Voice Wife Wife'sLinks Genesis 3:17 NIVGenesis 3:17 NLT Genesis 3:17 ESV Genesis 3:17 NASB Genesis 3:17 KJV Genesis 3:17 Bible Apps Genesis 3:17 Biblia Paralela Genesis 3:17 Chinese Bible Genesis 3:17 French Bible Genesis 3:17 German Bible Genesis 3:17 Commentaries Bible Hub |