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Genesis 3:19–20

19  By the sweat of your face

you shall eat bread,

till you return to the ground,

for out of it you were taken;

ofor you are dust,

and pto dust you shall return.”

20 The man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.7

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Genesis 3:19–20 — The New International Version (NIV)

19 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.”

20 Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all the living.

Genesis 3:19–20 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

19 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. 20 And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

Genesis 3:19–20 — New Living Translation (NLT)

19 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.”

20 Then the man—Adam—named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all who live.

Genesis 3:19–20 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

19 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.”

20 And Adam called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.

Genesis 3:19–20 — New Century Version (NCV)

19 You will sweat and work hard for your food.

Later you will return to the ground,

because you were taken from it.

You are dust,

and when you die, you will return to the dust.”

20 The man named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all the living.

Genesis 3:19–20 — American Standard Version (ASV)

19 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. 20 And the man called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

Genesis 3:19–20 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground: for out of it wast thou taken. For dust thou art; and unto dust shalt thou return.

20 And Man called his wife’s name Eve; because she is the mother of all living.

Genesis 3:19–20 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

19 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.” 

20 Adam named his wife Eve [Life] because she became the mother of every living person. 

Genesis 3:19–20 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

19 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.”

20 Adam named his wife Eve because she was the mother of all the living.

Genesis 3:19–20 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

19 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.”

20 The man named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all living.

Genesis 3:19–20 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

19 By the sweat of your brow

you shall eat bread,

until your return to the ground.

For from it you were taken;

for you are dust,

and to dust you shall return.”

20 And the man named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all life.

Genesis 3:19–20 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

19 You will have to work hard and sweat a lot

to produce the food you eat.

You were made out of the ground.

And you will return to it.

You are dust.

So you will return to it.”

20 Adam named his wife Eve. She would become the mother of every living person.

Genesis 3:19–20 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

19 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.”

20 Now the man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all the living.


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