King James Version

Genesis 3:18

Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

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וְק֥וֹץveqotsand thornקוֹץconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and thorn”, the ordinary formH6975a thornthorn.וְדַרְדַּ֖רvedardarand thistleדַּרְדַּרconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and thistle”, the ordinary formH1863a thornthistle.תַּצְמִ֣יחַֽtatsmichabearצָמַחverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “bear”, an unfinished actionH6779to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)bear, bring forth, (cause to, make to) bud (forth), (cause to, make to) grow (again, up), (cause to) spring (forth, up).לָ֑ךְlakhetoלָ֑ךְpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “to”toוְאָכַלְתָּ֖veakhaltaand eatאָכַלconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and eat”, a completed action in a sequenceH398to eat (literally or figuratively)[idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).עֵ֥שֶׂבesevgrassעֶשֶׂבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “grass”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6212grass (or any tender shoot)grass, herb.הַשָּׂדֶֽהhasadehthe fieldשָׂדֶהdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the field”, the ordinary formH7704a field (as flat)country, field, ground, land, soil, [idiom] wild.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.

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American Standard Version (1901)

thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

Young’s Literal Translation

and thorn and bramble it doth bring forth to thee, and thou hast eaten the herb of the field;

World English Bible

It will yield thorns and thistles to you; and you will eat the herb of the field.

Darby Translation

and thorns and thistles shall it yield thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.

Douay-Rheims

Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herbs of the earth.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀκάνθας καὶ τριβόλους ἀνατελεῖ σοι, καὶ φαγῇ τὸν χόρτον τοῦ ἀγροῦ.