Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version 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. 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. English Standard Version And to Adam he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life; Berean Standard Bible 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. 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; New King James Version Then to Adam He said, “Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’: “Cursed is the ground for your sake; In toil you shall eat of it All the days of your life. New American Standard Bible Then to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it’; Cursed is the ground because of you; With hard labor you shall eat from it All the days of your life. NASB 1995 Then to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it’ Cursed is the ground because of you; In toil you will eat of it All the days of your life. NASB 1977 Then to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it’; Cursed is the ground because of you; In toil you shall eat of it All the days of your life. Legacy Standard Bible Then to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it’; Cursed is the ground because of you; In pain you will eat of it All the days of your life. Amplified Bible Then to Adam the LORD God said, “Because you have listened [attentively] to the voice of your wife, and have eaten [fruit] from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’; The ground is [now] under a curse because of you; In sorrow and toil you shall eat [the fruit] of it All the days of your life. Christian Standard Bible And he said to the man, “Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘Do not eat from it’: The ground is cursed because of you. You will eat from it by means of painful labor all the days of your life. Holman Christian Standard Bible And He said to Adam, “Because you listened to your wife’s voice and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘Do not eat from it: The ground is cursed because of you. You will eat from it by means of painful labor all the days of your life. American Standard Version 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 toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; Aramaic Bible in Plain English And to Adam He said, “Because you listened to the voice of your wife, and you ate from the tree that I ordered you and said to you, that you shall not eat from it, Earth is cursed because of you; in sorrows you will eat of it all the days of your life; Brenton Septuagint Translation And to Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and eaten of the tree concerning which I charged thee of it only not to eat - of that thou hast eaten, cursed is the ground in thy labours, in pain shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life. Contemporary English Version The LORD said to the man, "You listened to your wife and ate the fruit I told you not to eat. And so, the ground will be under a curse because of what you did. As long as you live, you will have to struggle to grow enough food. Douay-Rheims Bible And to Adam he said: Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat, cursed is the earth in thy work; with labour and toil shalt thou eat thereof all the days of thy life. English Revised Version 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 toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; GOD'S WORD® Translation Then he said to the man, "You listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree, although I commanded you, 'You must never eat its fruit.' The ground is cursed because of you. Through hard work you will eat [food that comes] from it every day of your life. Good News Translation And he said to the man, "You listened to your wife and ate the fruit which I told you not to eat. Because of what you have done, the ground will be under a curse. You will have to work hard all your life to make it produce enough food for you. International Standard Version He told the man, "Because you have listened to what your wife said, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, 'You must not eat from it,' cursed is the ground because of you. You'll eat from it through pain-filled labor for the rest of your life. JPS Tanakh 1917 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 toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life. Literal Standard Version And to the man He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and eat from the tree concerning which I have charged you, saying, You do not eat of it, cursed [is] the ground on your account; in sorrow you eat of it [for] all days of your life, Majority Standard Bible 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. New American Bible To the man he said: Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, You shall not eat from it, Cursed is the ground because of you! In toil you shall eat its yield all the days of your life. NET Bible But to Adam he said, "Because you obeyed your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, 'You must not eat from it,' cursed is the ground thanks to you; in painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. New Revised Standard Version And to the man 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; New Heart 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. Webster's Bible Translation And to Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened to 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; World English Bible To Adam he said, “Because you have listened to your wife’s voice, and have eaten from the tree, about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ the ground is cursed for your sake. You will eat from it with much labor 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, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Punishment of Mankind16To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.” 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.… Cross References Romans 8:20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope Hebrews 6:8 But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned. Genesis 3:18 Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. Genesis 5:29 And he named him Noah, saying, "May this one comfort us in the labor and toil of our hands caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed." Genesis 8:21 When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, "Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done. Job 5:7 Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward. Job 14:1 "Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble. Treasury of Scripture And to Adam he said, Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, 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 sorrow shall you eat of it all the days of your life; Because. 1 Samuel 15:23,24 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king… Matthew 22:12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. Matthew 25:26,27,45 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: … and hast. Genesis 3:6,11 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat… Genesis 2:16,17 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: … Jeremiah 7:23,24 But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you… cursed. Genesis 5:29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed. Psalm 127:2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. Ecclesiastes 1:2,3,13,14 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity… in sorrow. Job 5:6,7 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; … Job 14:1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. Job 21:17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger. 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'sGenesis 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. (17, 18) Unto Adam (without the article, and therefore a proper name) he said.--Lange thoughtfully remarks that while the woman was punished by the entrance of sorrow into the small subjective world of her womanly calling, man is punished by the derangement of the great objective world over which he was to have dominion. Instead of protecting his wife and shielding her from evil, he had passively followed her lead in disobeying God's command; and therefore "the ground," the adamah out of which Adam had been formed, instead of being as heretofore his friend and willing subject, becomes unfruitful, and must be forced by toil and labour to yield its produce. Left to itself, it will no longer bring forth choice trees laden with generous fruit, such as Adam found in the garden, but the natural tendency will be to degenerate, till "thorns" only "and thistles" usurp the ground. Even after his struggle with untoward nature man wins for himself no paradisiacal banquet, but must "eat the herb of the field" (Job 30:4); and the end of this weary struggle is decay and death. In the renewed earth the golden age of paradise will return, and the tendency of nature will no longer be to decay and degeneration, but to the substitution unceasingly of the nobler and the more beautiful in the place of that which was worthless and mean (Isaiah 55:13).Verse 17. - And unto Adam he said. The noun here used for the first time without the article is explained as a proper name (Keil, Lunge, Speaker's 'Commentary'), though perhaps it is rather designed to express the man s representative character (Macdonald). Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife. Preceding his sentence with a declaration of his guilt, which culminated in this, that instead of acting as his wife's protector prior to her disobedience, or as her mentor subsequent to that act, in the hope of brining her to repentance, he became her guilty coadjutor through yielding himself to her persuasions. And hast eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it. For which a twofold judgment is likewise pronounced upon Adam. Cursed is the ground. Ha adamah, out of which man was taken (Genesis 2:7); i.e. the soil outside of the garden. The language does not necessarily imply that now, for the first time, in consequence of the fall, the physical globe underwent a change, "becoming from that point onward a realm of deformity and discord, as before it was not, and displaying in all its sceneries and combinations the tokens of a broken constitution" (vide Bushnell, 'Nature and the Supernatural,' Genesis 7.); simply it announces the fact that, because of the transgression of which he had been guilty, he would find the land beyond the confines of Eden lying under a doom of sterility (cf. Romans 8:20). For thy sake. בַּעֲבוּרֶך. 1. Because of thy sin it required to be such a world. 2. For thy good it was better that such a curse should lie upon the ground. Reading ד instead of ר, the LXX. translate ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις; and the Vulgate, In operetuo. In sorrow. Literally, painful labor (cf. ver. 16; Proverbs 5:10). Shalt thou eat of it. I.e. of its fruits (cf. Isaiah 1:7; Isaiah 36:16; Isaiah 37:30). "Bread of sorrow" (Psalm 127:2) is bread procured and eaten amidst hard labor. All the days of thy life. Hebrew And to Adamוּלְאָדָ֣ם (ū·lə·’ā·ḏām) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 121: Adam -- the first man, also a city in the Jordan Valley He said: אָמַ֗ר (’ā·mar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say “Because כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction you have listened שָׁמַעְתָּ֮ (šā·ma‘·tā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently to the voice לְק֣וֹל (lə·qō·wl) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6963: A voice, sound of מִן־ (min-) Preposition Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of your wife אִשְׁתֶּךָ֒ (’iš·te·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female and have eaten וַתֹּ֙אכַל֙ (wat·tō·ḵal) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 398: To eat of the tree הָעֵ֔ץ (hā·‘êṣ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6086: Tree, trees, wood from which אֲשֶׁ֤ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that I commanded צִוִּיתִ֙יךָ֙ (ṣiw·wî·ṯî·ḵā) Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular Strong's 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order you not לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no to eat, תֹאכַ֖ל (ṯō·ḵal) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 398: To eat cursed אֲרוּרָ֤ה (’ă·rū·rāh) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular Strong's 779: To execrate [is] the ground הָֽאֲדָמָה֙ (hā·’ă·ḏā·māh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 127: Ground, land because of you; בַּֽעֲבוּרֶ֔ךָ (ba·‘ă·ḇū·re·ḵā) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 5668: Crossed, transit, on account of, in order that through toil בְּעִצָּבוֹן֙ (bə·‘iṣ·ṣā·ḇō·wn) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6093: Worrisomeness, labor, pain you will eat [of] it תֹּֽאכֲלֶ֔נָּה (tō·ḵă·len·nāh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 398: To eat all כֹּ֖ל (kōl) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the days יְמֵ֥י (yə·mê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 3117: A day of your life. חַיֶּֽיךָ׃ (ḥay·ye·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life Links Genesis 3:17 NIVGenesis 3:17 NLT Genesis 3:17 ESV Genesis 3:17 NASB Genesis 3:17 KJV Genesis 3:17 BibleApps.com Genesis 3:17 Biblia Paralela Genesis 3:17 Chinese Bible Genesis 3:17 French Bible Genesis 3:17 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 3:17 To Adam he said Because you have (Gen. 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