Genesis 3:1 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 3:1 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 →
וְהַנָּחָשׁ֙
nâchâsh
H5175
serpent
הָיָ֣ה
hâyâh
H1961
to be
עָר֔וּם
ʻârûwm
H6175
crafty
מִכֹּל֙
kôl
H3605
all
חַיַּ֣ת
chay
H2416
living
הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה
sâdeh
H7704
field
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
עָשָׂ֖ה
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
יְהוָ֣ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
אֱלֹהִ֑ים
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
הָ֣אִשָּׁ֔ה
ʼishshâh
H802
woman
אַ֚ף
ʼaph
H637
also
כִּֽי
kîy
H3588
that
אָמַ֣ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אֱלֹהִ֔ים
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
לֹ֣א
lôʼ
H3808
not
תֹֽאכְל֔וּ
ʼâkal
H398
to eat
מִכֹּ֖ל
kôl
H3605
all
עֵ֥ץ
ʻêts
H6086
tree
הַגָּֽן
gan
H1588
garden
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World English Bible Public Domain
Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, "Yes, has God said, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?'"
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King James Version Public Domain
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Now the serpent was more crafty than every living thing of the field that Yahweh God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree of the garden’?”
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