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Genesis 3:16-18
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Genesis 3:16-18
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
16 To the woman he said,
“I will make your pangs in childbirth exceedingly great;
in pain you shall bring forth children,
yet your desire shall be for your husband,
and he shall rule over you.”(A)
17 And to the man[a] he said,
“Because you have listened to the voice of your wife
and have eaten of the tree
about which I commanded you,
‘You shall not eat of it,’
cursed is the ground because of you;
in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life;(B)
18 thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you;
and you shall eat the plants of the field.(C)
Footnotes
- 3.17 Or to Adam
Genesis 3:16-18
New International Version
Genesis 3:16-18
New International Version
16 To the woman he said,
“I will make your pains in childbearing very severe;
with painful labor you will give birth to children.(A)
Your desire will be for your husband,
and he will rule over you.(B)”
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,’(C)
Genesis 3:16-18
New King James Version
Genesis 3:16-18
New King James Version
16 To the woman He said:
“I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception;
(A)In pain you shall bring forth children;
(B)Your desire shall be [a]for your husband,
And he shall (C)rule over you.”
17 Then to Adam He said, (D)“Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree (E)of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’:
(F)“Cursed is the ground for your sake;
(G)In toil you shall eat of it
All the days of your life.
18 Both thorns and thistles it shall [b]bring forth for you,
And (H)you shall eat the herb of the field.
Footnotes
- Genesis 3:16 Lit. toward
- Genesis 3:18 cause to grow
Genesis 3:16-18
English Standard Version
Genesis 3:16-18
English Standard Version
16 To the woman he said,
“I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing;
(A)in pain you shall bring forth children.
(B)Your desire shall be for[a] your husband,
and he shall (C)rule over you.”
17 And to Adam he said,
“Because you have listened to the voice of your wife
and have eaten of the tree
(D)of which I commanded you,
‘You shall not eat of it,’
(E)cursed is the ground because of you;
(F)in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;
18 thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you;
and you shall eat the plants of the field.
Footnotes
- Genesis 3:16 Or to, or toward, or against (see 4:7)
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