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Genesis 3:17

NETBible	But to Adam¹ he said, “Because you obeyed² your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’ cursed is the ground³ thanks to you;⁴ in painful toil you will eat⁵ of it all the days of your life.
NIV © biblegateway Gen 3:17	To Adam he said, "Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat of it,’ "Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
NASB © biblegateway Gen 3:17	Then to Adam He said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it’; Cursed is the ground because of you; In toil you will eat of it All the days of your life.
NLT © biblegateway Gen 3:17	And to Adam he said, "Because you listened to your wife and ate the fruit I told you not to eat, I have placed a curse on the ground. All your life you will struggle to scratch a living from it.
MSG © biblegateway Gen 3:17	He told the Man: "Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree That I commanded you not to eat from, 'Don't eat from this tree,' The very ground is cursed because of you; getting food from the ground Will be as painful as having babies is for your wife; you'll be working in pain all your life long.
BBE © SABDAweb Gen 3:17	And to Adam he said, Because you gave ear to the voice of your wife and took of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take, the earth is cursed on your account; in pain you will get your food from it all your life.
NRSV © bibleoremus Gen 3:17	And to the man he said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life;
NKJV © biblegateway Gen 3:17	Then to Adam He said, "Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’: "Cursed is the ground for your sake; In toil you shall eat of it All the days of your life.
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KJV	And unto Adam <0121> he said <0559> (8804)_, Because thou hast hearkened <08085> (8804) unto the voice <06963> of thy wife <0802>_, and hast eaten <0398> (8799) of the tree <06086>_, of which <0834> I commanded thee <06680> (8765)_, saying <0559> (8800)_, Thou shalt not eat <0398> (8799) of it: cursed <0779> (8803) [is] the ground <0127> for thy sake; in sorrow <06093> shalt thou eat <0398> (8799) [of] it all <03605> the days <03117> of thy life <02416>_;
NASB © biblegateway Gen 3:17	Then to Adam <0121> He said <0559> , "Because <03588> you have listened <08085> to the voice <06963> of your wife <0802> , and have eaten <0398> from the tree <06086> about which <0834> I commanded <06680> you, saying <0559> , 'You shall not eat <0398> from it'; Cursed <0779> is the ground <0127> because <05668> of you; In toil <06093> you will eat <0398> of it All <03605> the days <03117> of your life <02425> .
LXXM	tw <3588> T-DSM de <1161> PRT adam <76> N-PRI eipen {V-AAI-3S} oti <3754> CONJ hkousav <191> V-AAI-2S thv <3588> T-GSF fwnhv <5456> N-GSF thv <3588> T-GSF gunaikov <1135> N-GSF sou <4771> P-GS kai <2532> CONJ efagev <2068> V-AAI-2S apo <575> PREP tou <3588> T-GSN xulou <3586> N-GSN ou <3739> R-GSN eneteilamhn <1781> V-AMI-1S soi <4771> P-DS toutou <3778> D-GSM monou <3441> A-GSM mh <3165> ADV fagein <2068> V-AAN ap <575> PREP autou <846> D-GSN epikataratov <1944> A-NSM h <3588> T-NSF gh <1065> N-NSF en <1722> PREP toiv <3588> T-DPN ergoiv <2041> N-DPN sou <4771> P-GS en <1722> PREP lupaiv <3077> N-DPF fagh <2068> V-FMI-2S authn <846> D-ASF pasav <3956> A-APF tav <3588> T-APF hmerav <2250> N-APF thv <3588> T-GSF zwhv <2222> N-GSF sou <4771> P-GS
NET [draft] ITL	But to Adam <0121> he said <0559> , “Because <03588> you obeyed <06963> <08085> your wife <0802> and ate <0398> from <04480> the tree <06086> about which <0834> I commanded <06680> you, ‘You must not <03808> eat <0398> from <04480> it,’ cursed <0779> is the ground <0127> thanks to you; in painful toil <06093> you will eat <0398> of it all <03605> the days <03117> of your life <02416> .
HEBREW	Kyyx <02416> ymy <03117> lk <03605> hnlkat <0398> Nwbueb <06093> Krwbeb <05668> hmdah <0127> hrwra <0779> wnmm <04480> lkat <0398> al <03808> rmal <0559> Kytywu <06680> rsa <0834> Ueh <06086> Nm <04480> lkatw <0398> Ktsa <0802> lwql <06963> tems <08085> yk <03588> rma <0559> Mdalw (3:17) <0121>

NETBible

But to Adam¹ he said, “Because you obeyed² your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’ cursed is the ground³ thanks to you;⁴ in painful toil you will eat⁵ of it all the days of your life.

NET Notes

¹tn Since there is no article on the word, the personal name is used, rather than the generic “the man” (cf. NRSV).

²tn The idiom “listen to the voice of” often means “obey.” The man “obeyed” his wife and in the process disobeyed God.

³sn For the ground to be cursed means that it will no longer yield its bounty as the blessing from God had promised. The whole creation, Paul writes in Rom 8:22, is still groaning under this curse, waiting for the day of redemption.

⁴tn The Hebrew phrase בַּעֲבוּרֶךָ (ba’avurekha) is more literally translated “on your account” or “because of you.” The idiomatic “thanks to you” in the translation tries to capture the point of this expression.

⁵sn In painful toil you will eat. The theme of eating is prominent throughout Gen 3. The prohibition was against eating from the tree of knowledge. The sin was in eating. The interrogation concerned the eating from the tree of knowledge. The serpent is condemned to eat the dust of the ground. The curse focuses on eating in a “measure for measure” justice. Because the man and the woman sinned by eating the forbidden fruit, God will forbid the ground to cooperate, and so it will be through painful toil that they will eat.