Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
WEB
Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.
YLT
and thorn and bramble it doth bring forth to thee, and thou hast eaten the herb of the field;
DBT
and thorns and thistles shall it yield thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)