Genesis 3:15 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 3:15 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 →
וְאֵיבָ֣ה
ʼêybâh
H342
enmity
אָשִׁ֗ית
shîyth
H7896
to set
בֵּֽינְךָ֙
bêyn
H996
between
וּבֵ֣ין
bêyn
H996
between
הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה
ʼishshâh
H802
woman
וּבֵ֥ין
bêyn
H996
between
זַרְעֲךָ֖
zeraʻ
H2233
seed
וּבֵ֣ין
bêyn
H996
between
זַרְעָ֑הּ
zeraʻ
H2233
seed
ה֚וּא
hûwʼ
H1931
he
יְשׁוּפְךָ֣
shûwph
H7779
to crush
רֹ֔אשׁ
rôʼsh
H7218
head
וְאַתָּ֖ה
ʼattâh
H859
you
תְּשׁוּפֶ֥נּוּ
shûwph
H7779
to crush
עָקֵֽב
ʻâqêb
H6119
heel
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World English Bible Public Domain
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."
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
I will also put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will strike you the head, and you will strike him the heel.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).