Genesis 2:17
World English Bible (WEB)
but you shall not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
In context
15 The LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
16 The LORD God commanded the man, saying, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden;
17 but you shall not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
18 The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”
19 Out of the ground the LORD God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called every living creature became its name.
Genesis 2:17 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- but you shall not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
- KJV King James Version
- But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou dost not eat of it, for in the day of thine eating of it — dying thou dost die.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou eatest of it thou shalt certainly die.
- WBS Webster Bible
- But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest of it thou shalt surely die.