Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. New Living Translation It will grow thorns and thistles for you, though you will eat of its grains. English Standard Version thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field. Berean Standard Bible Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. King James Bible Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; New King James Version Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, And you shall eat the herb of the field. New American Standard Bible “Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you; Yet you shall eat the plants of the field; NASB 1995 “Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you; And you will eat the plants of the field; NASB 1977 “Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you; And you shall eat the plants of the field; Legacy Standard Bible Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you; And you will eat the plants of the field; Amplified Bible “Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you; And you shall eat the plants of the field. Christian Standard Bible It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. Holman Christian Standard Bible It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. American Standard Version thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; Aramaic Bible in Plain English Thorns and thistles it will grow for you, and you will eat the grass of the field; Brenton Septuagint Translation Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt eat the herb of the field. Contemporary English Version Your food will be plants, but the ground will produce thorns and thistles. Douay-Rheims Bible Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou eat the herbs of the earth. English Revised Version thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; GOD'S WORD® Translation The ground will grow thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat wild plants. Good News Translation It will produce weeds and thorns, and you will have to eat wild plants. International Standard Version It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you'll eat the plants from the meadows. JPS Tanakh 1917 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field. Literal Standard Version and it brings forth thorn and bramble for you, and you have eaten the herb of the field; Majority Standard Bible Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. New American Bible Thorns and thistles it shall bear for you, and you shall eat the grass of the field. NET Bible It will produce thorns and thistles for you, but you will eat the grain of the field. New Revised Standard Version thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field. New Heart English Bible Thorns also and thistles will it bring forth to you; and you will eat the plants of the field. Webster's Bible Translation Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; World English Bible It will yield thorns and thistles to you; and you will eat the herb of the field. Young's Literal Translation and thorn and bramble it doth bring forth to thee, and thou hast eaten the herb of the field; Additional Translations ... Context The Punishment of Mankind…17And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. 18Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. 19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”… Cross References Genesis 3:17 And to Adam He said: "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. Genesis 3:19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground--because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return." Proverbs 24:31 Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down. Treasury of Scripture Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to you; and you shall eat the herb of the field; Thorns. Joshua 23:13 Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you. Job 5:5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance. Job 31:40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. bring forth. Job 1:21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD. Psalm 90:3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men. Psalm 104:2,14,15 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: … Jump to Previous Bramble Eat Eaten Field Food Forth Grow Herb Plants Produce Thistles Thorn Thorns Waste YieldJump to Next Bramble Eat Eaten Field Food Forth Grow Herb Plants Produce Thistles Thorn Thorns Waste YieldGenesis 3 1. The serpent deceives Eve.6. Both she and Adam transgress the divine command, and fall into sin. 8. God arraigns them. 14. The serpent is cursed. 15. The promised seed. 16. The punishment of mankind. 21. Their first clothing. 22. Their expulsion from paradise. Verse 18. - Thorns also and thistles. Terms occurring only here and in Hosed 10:8 = the similar expressions in Isaiah 5:6; Isaiah 7:23 (Kalisch, Keil, Macdonald). Shall it bring forth to thee. I.e. these shall be its spontaneous productions; if thou desirest anything else thou must labor for it. And thou shalt eat the herb of the field. "Not the fruit of paradise" (Wordsworth), but "the lesser growths sown by his own toil" (Alford) - an intimation that henceforth man was "to be deprived of his former delicacies to such an extent as to be compelled to use, in addition, the herbs which had been designed only for brute animals;" and perhaps also "a consolation," as if promising that, notwithstanding the thorns and thistles, "it should still yield him sustenance" (Calvin). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Both thornsוְק֥וֹץ (wə·qō·wṣ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6975: A thorn, thornbush and thistles וְדַרְדַּ֖ר (wə·ḏar·dar) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1863: Thistles it {will} yield תַּצְמִ֣יחַֽ (taṣ·mî·aḥ) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 6779: To sprout, spring up you, לָ֑ךְ (lāḵ) Preposition | second person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew and you {will} eat וְאָכַלְתָּ֖ (wə·’ā·ḵal·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 398: To eat the plants עֵ֥שֶׂב (‘ê·śeḇ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6212: Herb, herbage of the field. הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃ (haś·śā·ḏeh) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7704: Field, land Links Genesis 3:18 NIVGenesis 3:18 NLT Genesis 3:18 ESV Genesis 3:18 NASB Genesis 3:18 KJV Genesis 3:18 BibleApps.com Genesis 3:18 Biblia Paralela Genesis 3:18 Chinese Bible Genesis 3:18 French Bible Genesis 3:18 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 3:18 Thorns also and thistles will it bring (Gen. 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