Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt eat the herbs of the earth. Thorns. Joshua 23:13 Know ye for a certainty that the Lord your God will not destroy them before your face, but they shall be a pit and a snare in your way, and a stumbling-block at your side, and stakes in your eyes, till he take you away and destroy you from off this excellent land, which he hath given you. Job 5:5 Whose harvest the hungry shall eat, and the armed man shall take him by violence, and the thirsty shall drink up his riches. Job 31:40 Let thistles grow up to me instead of wheat, and thorns instead of barley. Proverbs 22:5 Arms and swords are in the way of the perverse: but he that keepeth his own soul, departeth far from them. Proverbs 24:31 And behold it was all filled with nettles, and thorns had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall was broken down. Isaiah 5:6 And I will make it desolate: it shall not be pruned, and it shall not be digged: but briers and thorns shall come up: and I will command the clouds to rain no rain upon it. Isaiah 7:23 And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place where there were a thousand vines, at a thousand pieces of silver, shall become thorns and briers. Isaiah 32:13 Upon the land of my people shall thorns and briers come up: how much more upon all the houses of joy, of the city that rejoiced? Jeremiah 4:3 For thus saith the Lord to the men of Juda and Jerusalem: Break up anew your fallow ground, and sow not upon thorns: Jeremiah 12:13 They have sown wheat, and reaped thorns: they have received an inheritance, and it shall not profit them: you shall be ashamed of your fruits, because of the fierce wrath of the Lord. Matthew 13:7 And others fell among thorns: and the thorns grew up and choked them. Hebrews 6:8 But that which bringeth forth thorns and briers is reprobate and very near unto a curse: whose end is to be burnt. bring forth. Job 1:21 And said: Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away: as it hath pleased the Lord, so is it done: blessed be the name of the Lord. Psalm 90:3 Turn not man away to be brought low: and thou hast said: Be converted, O ye sons of men. Psalm 104:2,14,15 And art clothed with light as with a garment. Who stretchest out the heaven like a pavilion: . . . Romans 14:2 For one believeth that he may eat all things: but he that is weak, let him eat herbs. Context The Punishment of Mankind…17And to Adam he said: Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee, that thou shouldst not eat, cursed is the earth in thy work: with labour and toil shalt thou eat thereof all the days of thy life. 18Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt eat the herbs of the earth.19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thou return to the earth out of which thou wast taken: for dust thou art, and into dust thou shalt return.… Cross References Genesis 3:17 And to Adam he said: Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee, that thou shouldst not eat, cursed is the earth in thy work: with labour and toil shalt thou eat thereof all the days of thy life. Genesis 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thou return to the earth out of which thou wast taken: for dust thou art, and into dust thou shalt return. Proverbs 24:31 And behold it was all filled with nettles, and thorns had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall was broken down. Lexicon Both thornsוְק֥וֹץ (wə·qō·wṣ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6975: A thorn, thornbush and thistles וְדַרְדַּ֖ר (wə·ḏar·dar) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1863: Thistles it {will} yield תַּצְמִ֣יחַֽ (taṣ·mî·aḥ) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 6779: To sprout, spring up you, לָ֑ךְ (lāḵ) Preposition | second person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew and you {will} eat וְאָכַלְתָּ֖ (wə·’ā·ḵal·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat the plants עֵ֥שֶׂב (‘ê·śeḇ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 6212: Herb, herbage of the field. הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃ (haś·śā·ḏeh) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7704: Field, land Additional Translations Both thorns and thistles it will yield you, and you will eat the plants of the field.Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to you; and you shall eat the herb of the field; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt eat the herb of the field. and thorns and thistles shall it yield thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field. thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; Thorns also and thistles will it bring forth to you; and you will eat the herb of the field. and thorn and bramble it doth bring forth to thee, and thou hast eaten the herb of the field; Jump to Previous Bramble Eat Eaten Field Food Forth Grow Herb Plants Produce Thistles Thorn Thorns Waste YieldJump to Next Bramble Eat Eaten Field Food Forth Grow Herb Plants Produce Thistles Thorn Thorns Waste YieldExternal Links Genesis 3:18 NIVGenesis 3:18 NLT Genesis 3:18 ESV Genesis 3:18 NASB Genesis 3:18 ASV Genesis 3:18 Bible Apps Genesis 3:18 Biblia Paralela Genesis 3:18 Chinese Bible Genesis 3:18 French Bible Genesis 3:18 German Bible Alphabetical: and Both eat field for grow It of plants produce shall the thistles thorns will you OT Law: Genesis 3:18 Thorns also and thistles will it bring (Gen. 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