Genesis 3:19
By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
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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.
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.
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17 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| בְּזֵעַ֤ת | be.ze.'At | by [the] sweat of | H2188 → |
| אַפֶּ֙יךָ֙ | 'a.Pei.kha | face your | H639 → |
| תֹּ֣אכַל | To.khal | you will eat | H398 → |
| לֶ֔חֶם | Le.chem | food | H3899 → |
| עַ֤ד | 'ad | until | H5704 → |
| שֽׁוּבְךָ֙ | shu.ve.Kha | return you | H7725 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה | ha.'a.da.Mah | the ground | H127 → |
| כִּ֥י | ki | for | H3588 → |
| מִמֶּ֖נָּה | mi.Me.nah | from it | H4480 → |
| לֻקָּ֑חְתָּ | lu.Ka.che.ta | you were taken | H3947 → |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → |
| עָפָ֣ר | a.Far | [are] dust | H6083 → |
| אַ֔תָּה | 'A.tah | you | H859 → |
| וְאֶל־ | ve.'el- | and to | H413 → |
| עָפָ֖ר | 'a.Far | dust | H6083 → |
| תָּשֽׁוּב׃ | ta.Shuv | you will return | H7725 → |
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