Genesis 3:19

KJV

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.

— Genesis 3:19, King James Version
صورة

Cite This Verse

Genesis 3:19 (King James Version).

"Genesis 3:19." King James Version. Web.

Genesis 3:19, King James Version.

ملاحظة دراسية

Study Note

'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' — the divine sentence on Adam ties together labor, mortality, and creation's ground in a single theological vision of human existence east of Eden. The phrase 'dust to dust' became one of the most quoted lines in all mortuary liturgy, entering Christian burial rites and providing the theological vocabulary for reflection on mortality across cultures. The announcement of death as a curse provides the explanatory framework for Paul's theology of death as 'the wages of sin' (Romans 6:23) and Christ's reversal of the Adam-curse through his own death and resurrection (Romans 5:12–21; 1 Corinthians 15:21–22). The verse maintains the paradox of Genesis 2:7 — the one made from adamah (ground) returns to it — ensuring that human mortality is understood as deeply connected to creatureliness, not merely as punishment.

ترجمات أخرى

ASV

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.

YLT

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 <FI>art<Fi> , and unto dust thou turnest back.'

BBE

With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.

المراجع المتقاطعة