Genesis 3:18

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

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Thorns also^H6975 and thistles^H1863 shall it bring forth^H6779 to thee; and thou shalt eat^H398 the herb^H6212 of the field^H7704;

Original Hebrew

וְקֹוץ וְדַרְדַּר תַּצְמִיחַ לָךְ וְאָכַלְתָּ אֶת־עֵשֶׂב הַשָּׂדֶה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/ק֥וֹץ	ve./Kotz	H6975	HC/Ncmsa	and/ thorn(s)
וְ/דַרְדַּ֖ר	ve./dar.Dar	H1863	HC/Ncmsa	and/ thistle(s)
תַּצְמִ֣יחַֽ	tatz.Mi.ach	H6779	HVhi3fs	(it) will cause to sprout
לָ֑/ךְ	La/kh		HR/Sp2fs	for (the)/ you
וְ/אָכַלְתָּ֖	ve./'a.khal.Ta	H398	HC/Vqq2ms	and/ you will eat
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
עֵ֥שֶׂב	'E.sev	H6212	HNcmsc	(the) vegetation of
הַ/שָּׂדֶֽה	ha./sa.Deh	H7704	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ field

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H398 — אָכַל (ʼâkal, aw-kal'): a primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively); [idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.
H1863 — דַּרְדַּר (dardar, dar-dar'): of uncertain derivation; a thorn; thistle.
H6212 — עֶשֶׂב (ʻeseb, eh'seb): from an unused root meaning to glisten (or be green); grass (or any tender shoot); grass, herb.
H6779 — צָמַח (tsâmach, tsaw-makh'): a primitive root; to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); bear, bring forth, (cause to, make to) bud (forth), (cause to, make to) grow (again, up), (cause to) spring (forth, up).
H6975 — קוֹץ (qôwts, kotse): or קֹץ; from קוּץ (in the sense of pricking); a thorn; thorn.
H7704 — שָׂדֶה (sâdeh, saw-deh'): or שָׂדַי; from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat); country, field, ground, land, soil, [idiom] wild.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

herb — Job 1:21, Psalms 90:3, Psalms 104:2, Psalms 104:14-15, Romans 14:2
Thorns — Joshua 23:13, Job 5:5, Job 31:40, Proverbs 22:5, Proverbs 24:31, Isaiah 5:6, Isaiah 7:23, Isaiah 32:13, Jeremiah 4:3, Jeremiah 12:13, Matthew 13:7, Hebrews 6:8

Related Topics

Thompson Chain: AGRICULTURE-HORTICULTURE, THISTLES, THORNS
Torrey’s: AFFLICTIONS, AGRICULTURE OR HUSBANDRY, LIFE, NATURAL, MAN, SIN
Nave’s: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES, CURSE, EARTH, FALL OF MAN, GOD, JUDGMENTS, SIN, TEMPTATION, THISTLE, THORN, WICKED (PEOPLE)

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