Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

"I'll place hostility between you and the woman, between your offspring and her offspring. He'll strike you on the head, and you'll strike him on the heel."

New American Standard Bible

And I will put enmity
Between you and the woman,
And between your seed and her seed;
He shall bruise you on the head,
And you shall bruise him on the heel.”

King James Version

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.

Holman Bible

I will put hostility between you and the woman,
and between your seed and her seed.
He will strike your head,
and you will strike his heel.

A Conservative Version

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed. He shall bruise thy head, and thou shall bruise his heel.

American Standard Version

and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

Amplified


“And I will put enmity (open hostility)
Between you and the woman,
And between your seed (offspring) and her Seed;
He shall [fatally] bruise your head,
And you shall [only] bruise His heel.”

Bible in Basic English

And there will be war between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed: by him will your head be crushed and by you his foot will be wounded.

Darby Translation

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he shall crush thy head, and thou shalt crush his heel.

Julia Smith Translation

And I will put enmity between thee and between the woman, and between thy seed and between her seed; it shall lie in wait for thee as to the head, and thou shalt lie in wait for him as to the heel.

King James 2000

And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And I will put hostility between you and between the woman, and between your offspring and between her offspring; he will strike you [on the] head, and you will strike him [on the] heel."

Modern King James verseion

And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He will bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Moreover, I will put hatred between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed. And that seed shall tread thee on the head, and thou shalt tread it on the heel."

NET Bible

And I will put hostility between you and the woman and between your offspring and her offspring; her offspring will attack your head, and you will attack her offspring's heel."

New Heart English Bible

I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel."

The Emphasized Bible

And enmity, will I put between thee, and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed, - He shall crush thy head, but, thou, shalt crush his heel.

Webster

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.

World English Bible

I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel."

Youngs Literal Translation

and enmity I put between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he doth bruise thee -- the head, and thou dost bruise him -- the heel.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And I will put
שׁית 
Shiyth 
Usage: 83

איבה 
'eybah 
Usage: 5

between thee and the woman
נשׁים אשּׁה 
'ishshah 
Usage: 780

זרע 
Zera` 
Usage: 229

and her seed
זרע 
Zera` 
Usage: 229

שׁוּף 
Shuwph 
Usage: 4

ראשׁ 
Ro'sh 
Usage: 598

and thou shalt bruise
שׁוּף 
Shuwph 
Usage: 4

Devotionals

Devotionals about Genesis 3:15

Images Genesis 3:15

Context Readings

God Pronounces Judgment

14 The LORD God told the Shining One, "Because you have done this, you are more cursed than all the livestock, and more than all the earth's animals, You'll crawl on your belly and eat dust as long as you live. 15 "I'll place hostility between you and the woman, between your offspring and her offspring. He'll strike you on the head, and you'll strike him on the heel." 16 He told the woman, "I'll greatly increase the pain of your labor during childbirth. It will be painful for you to bear children, "since your trust is turning toward your husband, and he will dominate you."

Cross References

Romans 16:20

The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. May the grace of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be with all of you!

1 John 3:8

The person who practices sin belongs to the evil one, because the Devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason that the Son of God was revealed was to destroy what the Devil has been doing.

Revelation 12:17

The dragon became angry with the woman and went away to do battle against the rest of her children, the ones who keep God's commandments and hold on to the testimony about Jesus.

Isaiah 7:14

"Therefore the LORD himself will give you a sign. Watch! The virgin is conceiving a child, and will give birth to a son, and his name will be called Immanuel.

Matthew 1:23

"See, a virgin will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and they will name him Immanuel,"

Galatians 4:4

But when the appropriate time had come, God sent his Son, born by a woman, born under the Law,

Psalm 132:11

The LORD made an oath to David from which he will not retreat: "One of your sons I will set in place on your throne.

Isaiah 53:3-4

"He was despised and rejected by others, and a man of sorrows, intimately familiar with suffering; and like one from whom people hide their faces; and we despised him and did not value him.

Isaiah 53:12

Therefore I will allot him a portion with the great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong; because he poured out his life to death, and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he carried the sins of many, and made intercession for their transgressions."

Jeremiah 31:22

How long will you go this way and that, rebellious daughter? Indeed, the LORD will create a new thing on the earth; a woman will protect a man.

Daniel 9:26

Then after the 62 weeks, the anointed one will be cut down (but not for himself). Then the people of the Coming Commander will destroy both the city and the Sanctuary. Its ending will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war, with desolations having been decreed.

Micah 5:3

Therefore that ruler will abandon them until the woman in labor gives birth. Then the rest of his countrymen will return to the Israelis."

Matthew 1:25

He did not have marital relations with her until she had given birth to a son; and he named him Jesus.

Luke 1:31-35

Listen! You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus.

John 8:44

You belong to your father the Devil, and you want to carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and has never stood for truth, since there is no truth in him. Whenever he tells a lie, he speaks in character, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

Acts 13:10

and said, "You're full of every form of deception and trickery, you son of the Devil, you enemy of all that is right! You'll never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord, will you?

Revelation 20:1-3

Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding the key to the bottomless pit, with a large chain in his hand.

Revelation 20:10

and the Devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet were. They will be tortured day and night forever and ever.

Genesis 49:17

Dan will be a snake on the path, a viper on the road that snaps at the heels of horses, causing their riders to fall off.

Numbers 21:6-7

In response, the LORD sent poisonous serpents among the people to bite them. As a result, many people of Israel died.

Amos 9:3

Even if they hide at the top of Mount Carmel, from there I will search and seize them. Even if they hide from my sight in the depths of the sea, from there I will order the serpent to strike them.

Matthew 4:1-10

After this, Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the Devil.

Matthew 12:34

You children of serpents! How can you say anything good when you are evil? The mouth speaks about what overflows from the heart.

Matthew 13:38

while the field is the world. The good seed are those who belong to the kingdom, while the weeds are those who belong to the evil one.

Mark 16:18

and they'll pick up snakes with their hands.Even if they drink any deadly poison, it won't hurt them, and they'll place their hands on the sick, and they'll recover."

Luke 1:76

And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, because you will go ahead of the Lord to prepare his way

Luke 10:19

Look! I have given you the authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to destroy all the enemy's power, and nothing will ever hurt you.

Luke 22:39-44

Then he left and went to the Mount of Olives, as usual. The disciples went with him.

Luke 22:53

While I was with you day after day in the Temple, you didn't lay a hand on me. But this is your hour, when darkness reigns!"

John 12:31-33

Now is the time for the judgment of this world to begin. Now the ruler of this world will be thrown out.

John 14:30-31

I won't talk with you much longer, because the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me.

Acts 28:3-6

Paul gathered a bundle of sticks and put it on the fire. A poisonous snake was forced out by the heat and attached itself to Paul's hand.

Romans 3:13

Their throats are open graves. With their tongues they deceive. The venom of poisonous snakes is under their lips.

Ephesians 4:8

That is why God says, "When he went up to the highest place, he led captives into captivity and gave gifts to people."

Colossians 2:15

And when he had disarmed the rulers and the authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in the cross.

Hebrews 2:14-15

Therefore, since the children have flesh and blood, he himself also shared the same things, so that by his death he might destroy the one who has the power of death (that is, the Devil)

Hebrews 2:18

Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.

Hebrews 5:7

As a mortal man, he offered up prayers and appeals with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his devotion to God.

1 John 3:10

This is how God's children and the Devil's children are distinguished. No person who fails to practice righteousness and to love his brother is from God.

1 John 5:5

Who overcomes the world? Is it not the person who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

Revelation 2:10

Don't be afraid of what you are going to suffer. Look! The Devil is going to throw some of you into prison so that you may be tested. For ten days you will undergo suffering. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the victor's crown of life.

Revelation 12:7-13

Then a war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought with the dragon, and the dragon and its angels fought back.

Revelation 13:7

It was allowed to wage war against the saints and to conquer them. It was also given authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation.

Revelation 15:1-6

I saw another sign in heaven. It was both spectacular and amazing. There were seven angels with the seven last plagues, with which God's wrath is completed.

Revelation 20:7-8

When the thousand years are over, Satan will be freed from his prison.

Matthew 3:7

But when John saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he told them, "You children of serpents! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Matthew 23:33

You snakes, you children of serpents! How can you escape being condemned to hell?

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