SinaiGenesis 3:19
American Standard Version
in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
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Genesis 3:19 in other translations
You will eat bread by the sweat of your face until you return to the ground,
for you were taken out of it.
For you are dust,
and you shall return to dust.”
Genesis 3:19 in context
- 17And 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 toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
- 18thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
- 19in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
- 20And the man called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
- 21And Jehovah God made for Adam and for his wife coats of skins, and clothed them.