Genesis 3:19–20
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19By 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.”
20The man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.7
Footnotes
- 7Eve sounds like the Hebrew for life-giver and resembles the word for living
Cross references
- och. 2:7; Ps. 103:14
- pJob 34:15; Ps. 104:29; Eccles. 3:20; 12:7; Rom. 5:12
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
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.”
Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all the living.
Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.
CSBChristian 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.”
The man named his wife Eve because she was the mother of all the living.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew 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.”
Then the man—Adam—named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all who live.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
LEBThe Lexham English Bible
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.”
And the man named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all life.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James 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. And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
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