Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.” New Living Translation By the sweat of your brow will you have food to eat until you return to the ground from which you were made. For you were made from dust, and to dust you will return.” English Standard Version By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” Berean Standard Bible 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.” King James Bible 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. New King James Version In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread Till you return to the ground, For out of it you were taken; For dust you are, And to dust you shall return.” New American Standard Bible By the sweat of your face You shall eat bread, Until you return to the ground, Because from it you were taken; For you are dust, And to dust you shall return.” NASB 1995 By the sweat of your face You will eat bread, Till you return to the ground, Because from it you were taken; For you are dust, And to dust you shall return.” NASB 1977 By the sweat of your face You shall eat bread, Till you return to the ground, Because from it you were taken; For you are dust, And to dust you shall return.” Legacy Standard Bible By the sweat of your face You will eat bread, Till you return to the ground, Because from it you were taken; For you are dust, And to dust you shall return.” Amplified Bible “By the sweat of your face You will eat bread Until you return to the ground, For from it you were taken; For you are dust, And to dust you shall return.” Christian Standard Bible You will eat bread by the sweat of your brow until you return to the ground, since you were taken from it. For you are dust, and you will return to dust.” Holman Christian Standard Bible You will eat bread by the sweat of your brow until you return to the ground, since you were taken from it. For you are dust, and you will return to dust.” 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. Contemporary English Version You will sweat all your life to earn a living; you were made out of soil, and you will once again turn into soil." English Revised 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation By the sweat of your brow, you will produce food to eat until you return to the ground, because you were taken from it. You are dust, and you will return to dust." Good News Translation You will have to work hard and sweat to make the soil produce anything, until you go back to the soil from which you were formed. You were made from soil, and you will become soil again." International Standard Version You will eat food by the sweat of your brow until you're buried in the ground, because you were taken from it. You're made from dust and you'll return to dust." Majority Standard Bible 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.” NET Bible By the sweat of your brow you will eat food until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return." New Heart English Bible By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return." Webster's Bible Translation In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou shalt return to the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and to dust shalt thou return. World English Bible 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.” Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionby the sweat of your face you eat bread until your return to the ground, for you have been taken out of it, for dust you [are], and to dust you return.” Young's Literal Translation by the sweat of thy face thou dost eat bread till thy return unto the ground, for out of it hast thou been taken, for dust thou art, and unto dust thou turnest back.' Smith's Literal Translation In the sweat of thy face thou shalt eat food until thy turning back to the earth; for out of it thou wert taken; for dust thou art, and to dust shalt thou turn back. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleIn the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thou return to the earth, out of which thou wast taken: for dust thou art, and into dust thou shalt return. Catholic Public Domain Version By the sweat of your face shall you eat bread, until you return to the earth from which you were taken. For dust you are, and unto dust you shall return.” New American Bible By the sweat of your brow you shall eat bread, Until you return to the ground, from which you were taken; For you are dust, and to dust you shall return. New Revised Standard Version By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleIn the sweat of your face shall you eat bread, until you return to the ground; out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust shall you return. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated In the sweat of your face you will eat bread, until you return to the Earth, for from it you were taken, because dust you are and to dust you shall return.” OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917In 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.' Brenton Septuagint Translation In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy bread until thou return to the earth out of which thou wast taken, for earth thou art and to earth thou shalt return. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Punishment of Mankind…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.” 20And Adam named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living.… Cross References Romans 5:12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned. 1 Corinthians 15:21-22 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. / For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. 1 Corinthians 15:45-49 So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam a life-giving spirit. / The spiritual, however, was not first, but the natural, and then the spiritual. / The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven. ... Ecclesiastes 3:20 All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust. Ecclesiastes 12:7 before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it. Job 34:15 all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust. Psalm 90:3 You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.” Psalm 104:29 When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust. Romans 8:20-22 For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope / that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. / We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time. 1 Corinthians 15:53-54 For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. / When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” Isaiah 40:6-8 A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field. / The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass. / The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.” Job 10:9 Please remember that You molded me like clay. Would You now return me to dust? Job 14:1-2 “Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble. / Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure. Hebrews 9:27 Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment, James 4:14 You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Treasury of Scripture In the sweat of your face shall you eat bread, till you return to the ground; for out of it were you taken: for dust you are, and to dust shall you return. In. Ecclesiastes 1:3,13 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? … Ephesians 4:28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. 1 Thessalonians 2:9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God. till. 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 104:29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. for dust. Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Genesis 18:27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes: and. Genesis 23:4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. Job 17:13-16 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness… Job 19:26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: Jump to Previous Bread Brow Dust Earth Eat Face Food Ground Hands Hard Sweat Turnest Wast WorkJump to Next Bread Brow Dust Earth Eat Face Food Ground Hands Hard Sweat Turnest Wast WorkGenesis 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. By the sweat of your brow This phrase emphasizes the toil and labor that humanity must endure as a consequence of the Fall. The Hebrew word for "sweat" is "זֵעָה" (ze'ah), which is only used here in the Old Testament, highlighting the unique nature of this curse. The "brow" or "face" (פָּנֶיךָ, panecha) signifies the personal and direct impact of this labor. Historically, this reflects the agrarian society of ancient times, where physical labor was essential for survival. Spiritually, it underscores the shift from the ease of Eden to a life of struggle, reminding believers of the cost of sin and the need for redemption. 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 Hebrew By the sweatבְּזֵעַ֤ת (bə·zê·‘aṯ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 2188: Perspiration of your brow אַפֶּ֙יךָ֙ (’ap·pe·ḵā) Noun - mdc | second person masculine singular Strong's 639: The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire you will eat תֹּ֣אכַל (tō·ḵal) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 398: To eat [your] bread, לֶ֔חֶם (le·ḥem) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain until עַ֤ד (‘aḏ) Preposition Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while you return שֽׁוּבְךָ֙ (šū·ḇə·ḵā) Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to the ground— הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה (hā·’ă·ḏā·māh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 127: Ground, land because כִּ֥י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction out of it מִמֶּ֖נָּה (mim·men·nāh) Preposition | third person feminine singular Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of were you taken. לֻקָּ֑חְתָּ (luq·qā·ḥə·tā) Verb - QalPass - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 3947: To take For כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction dust עָפָ֣ר (‘ā·p̄ār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6083: Dust, clay, earth, mud you [are], אַ֔תָּה (’at·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you and to וְאֶל־ (wə·’el-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to dust עָפָ֖ר (‘ā·p̄ār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6083: Dust, clay, earth, mud you {shall} return.” תָּשֽׁוּב׃ (tā·šūḇ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again Links Genesis 3:19 NIVGenesis 3:19 NLT Genesis 3:19 ESV Genesis 3:19 NASB Genesis 3:19 KJV Genesis 3:19 BibleApps.com Genesis 3:19 Biblia Paralela Genesis 3:19 Chinese Bible Genesis 3:19 French Bible Genesis 3:19 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 3:19 By the sweat of your face will (Gen. 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