Genesis 3:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.”
Genesis 3:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Genesis 3:16 in 7 Bible Translations
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Genesis 3:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. You will bear children in pain. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.””
Genesis 3:16 — World English Bible
Genesis 3:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. ”
Genesis 3:16 — American Standard Version
Genesis 3:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Unto the woman He said, `Multiplying I multiply thy sorrow and thy conception, in sorrow dost thou bear children, and toward thy husband <FI>is<Fi> thy desire, and he doth rule over thee.'”
Genesis 3:16 — Young's Literal Translation
Genesis 3:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“To the woman he said, I will greatly increase thy travail and thy pregnancy; with pain thou shalt bear children; and to thy husband shall be thy desire, and he shall rule over thee. ”
Genesis 3:16 — Darby Translation
Genesis 3:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Vnto the woman he said, I will greatly increase thy sorowes, and thy conceptions. In sorowe shalt thou bring foorth children, and thy desire shalbe subiect to thine husband, and he shall rule ouer thee.”
Genesis 3:16 — Geneva Bible
Genesis 3:16 LS — The Living Sword (2024)
“And to the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth; with pain you shall bring forth children, and toward your husband your desire, and he will rule over you.””
Genesis 3:16 — The Living Sword
Genesis 3:16 in Context — Genesis 3
14 And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
What Does Genesis 3:16 Mean?
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