Genesis 2:17 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 2:17 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וּמֵעֵ֗ץ
ʻêts
H6086
tree
הַדַּ֨עַת֙
daʻath
H1847
knowledge
ט֣וֹב
ṭôwb
H2896
good
וָרָ֔ע
raʻ
H7451
evil
לֹ֥א
lôʼ
H3808
not
תֹאכַ֖ל
ʼâkal
H398
to eat
מִמֶּ֑נּוּ
min
H4480
from
כִּ֗י
kîy
H3588
that
בְּי֛וֹם
yôwm
H3117
day
אֲכָלְךָ֥
ʼâkal
H398
to eat
מִמֶּ֖נּוּ
min
H4480
from
מ֥וֹת
mûwth
H4191
to die
תָּמֽוּת
mûwth
H4191
to die
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it: for in the day that you eat of it you will surely die."
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, because on the day you eat from it you will surely die.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).