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Genesis 3:14

World English Bible

Yahweh God said to the serpent,
“Because you have done this,
you are cursed above all livestock,
and above every animal of the field.
You shall go on your belly
and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.

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Genesis 3:14 in other translations

And Jehovah God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou 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:

Genesis 3:14 · American Standard Version

Genesis 3:14 in context

  1. 12The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
  2. 13Yahweh God said to the woman, “What have you done?”
    The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
  3. 14Yahweh God said to the serpent,
    “Because you have done this,
    you are cursed above all livestock,
    and above every animal of the field.
    You shall go on your belly
    and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.
  4. 15I will put hostility between you and the woman,
    and between your offspring and her offspring.
    He will bruise your head,
    and you will bruise his heel.”
  5. 16To 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.”