Genesis 3:18

Translations

Modern

Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.

Traditional

Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

Literal

…and thorn and thistle it will cause to grow for you, and you shall eat the vegetation of the field.

Latin

Spinas et tribulos germinabit tibi, et comedes herbam terræ.

Original

Hebrew

English

Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.

Notes

Genesis 3:17–19

God emphasized his first command not to eat the fruit by mentioning eating several times in 3:17–19. The judgment made it harder for humans to get food. This matched their sin of eating what God had forbidden.
cursed is the ground: The man's relationship with the ground (see study note on 2:7) became hostile as judgment affected his main role (2:5, 15). He must work hard to cultivate the ground, but with less success than before. Human sin impacts all of creation (see 4:12; 6:7; Leviticus 26; Deuteronomy 11:13–17, 28; Romans 8:22).

Genesis 3:14–19

God judged the serpent, woman, and man because of their sin. Each received a punishment specific to their actions. Their important relationships changed. God is fair in judgment, not unpredictable. Each punishment matches the sin.

Genesis 3:1–24

When the man and woman rebelled against God, it disrupted their harmony with the earth, animals, each other, and God.

Theme notes and profiles

Adam and Eve Community Responsibility: Achan’s Sin Human Sexuality Marriage and Sexuality Promised Land Retribution Sin Enters the World Symbolic Numbers The Creation The Dangers of Sin The Day Is Coming The Purpose of the Sinai Covenant The Tabernacle Women’s Roles in the New Testament Church

Events

The Fall

Related verses

Isaiah 7:23
And on that day, in every place that had a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels of silver, only briers and thorns will be found.
Job 5:5
The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
Psalm 104:14–15
He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:
Matthew 13:7
Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings.
Isaiah 32:13
…and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers—even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry.
Proverbs 22:5
Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.
Job 31:40
…then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” Thus conclude the words of Job.
Isaiah 5:6
I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”
Joshua 23:13
…know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.
Jeremiah 4:3
For this is what the LORD says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: “Break up your unplowed ground, and do not sow among the thorns.
Hebrews 6:8
But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned.
Proverbs 24:31
Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down.

Glossary

Adam (Person) Apocalyptic Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Bible, Quotations of the Old Testament in the New Testament Book of Revelation Chronology of the Bible (Old Testament) Creation Myths Curse, Cursed Discipline Earth Evil Fall of Man Fear Genesis, Book of Hell Judgment Land Man Mesopotamia Monotheism New Creation, New Creature Paradise Patriarchs, Period of the Remnant Suffering Thistle, Thorn Thorn Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil Woman Work

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Consequent Upon the Fall Afflictions: Consequent Upon the Fall Agriculture or Farming: Rendered Laborious by the Curse on the Earth Curse: Denounced: Against Adam and Eve Curse: Denounced: Against the Ground Earth: Cursed of God Fall of Man: General Scriptures Concerning God: Appearances of To Adam Judgments: Adam Man: Punished for Disobedience Natural Life: Forfeited by Sin Sin: Fruits of Sin: Punishment of Sin: The Ground Was Cursed on Account of Temptation: Yielding to Adam and Eve The Fall Thistle: A Noxious Plant Thorn: The Ground Cursed With Wicked (People): Punishment of

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