Genesis 3:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

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.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    'And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    and I will put{H7896} enmity{H342} between thee and the woman,{H802} and between thy seed{H2233} and her seed:{H2233} he shall bruise{H7779} thy head,{H7218} and thou shalt bruise{H7779} his heel.{H6119}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And I will put{H7896}{(H8799)} enmity{H342} between thee and the woman{H802}, and between thy seed{H2233} and her seed{H2233}; it shall bruise{H7779}{(H8799)} thy head{H7218}, and thou shalt bruise{H7779}{(H8799)} his heel{H6119}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Morover I will put hatred betwene the and the woman and betwene thy seed and hyr seed. And that seed shall tread the on the heed ad thou shalt tread hit on the hele.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And I wyll put enemyte betwene the and the woman, and betwene yi sede and hir sede. The same shal treade downe thy heade, and thou shalt treade him on the hele.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    I wil also put enimitie betweene thee and the woman, and betweene thy seede & her seede. He shall breake thine head, and thou shalt bruise his heele.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    I wyll also put enmitie betweene thee & the woman, betweene thy seede and her seede: and it shall treade downe thy head, and thou shalt treade vpon his heele.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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."

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    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.”

Referenced Verses

  • Rom 16:20 : 20 And the God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
  • 1 John 3:8 : 8 He who commits sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
  • Rev 12:17 : 17 So the dragon became enraged with the woman, and went off to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus.
  • Gal 4:4 : 4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
  • Isa 7:14 : 14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
  • Isa 53:3-4 : 3 He is despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid, as it were, our faces from him; he was despised, and we did not esteem him. 4 Surely he has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we considered him stricken, struck by God, and afflicted.
  • Matt 1:23 : 23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
  • John 8:44 : 44 You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you wish to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and did not abide in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
  • Luke 1:31-35 : 31 Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a son, and shall call His name JESUS. 32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. 33 He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end. 34 Mary said to the angel, How can this be, since I do not know a man? 35 The angel answered and said to her, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you. Therefore, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God.
  • Rev 12:7-9 : 7 And there was a war in heaven, Michael and his angels waging war with the dragon. The dragon and his angels waged war, 8 but they were not strong enough, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven. 9 And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. 10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night." 11 And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives even to death. 12 Therefore rejoice, you heavens and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has only a short time. 13 And when the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child.
  • Matt 13:38 : 38 The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one,
  • Jer 31:22 : 22 How long will you wander about, O backsliding daughter? for the LORD has created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall encompass a man.
  • Ps 132:11 : 11 The LORD has sworn in truth to David; He will not turn from it: Of the fruit of your body I will set upon your throne.
  • Acts 13:10 : 10 And said, O full of all deceit and all trickery, you child of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
  • Heb 2:14-15 : 14 Since then the children partake of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil; 15 And deliver those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
  • 1 John 3:10 : 10 In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: whoever does not do righteousness is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother.
  • Rev 2:10 : 10 Fear none of those things which you will suffer. Behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you shall have tribulation ten days. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you a crown of life.
  • Mic 5:3 : 3 Therefore he will give them up, until the time that she who labors has brought forth; then the remnant of his brethren shall return to the children of Israel.
  • Isa 53:12 : 12 Therefore I will divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
  • Matt 1:25 : 25 And did not know her until she had brought forth her firstborn son; and he called his name JESUS.
  • Rev 20:10 : 10 And the devil who deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
  • Rev 13:7 : 7 And it was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them, and power was given him over all tribes, tongues, and nations.
  • Rev 20:1-3 : 1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 2 And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, 3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years were fulfilled; and after that, he must be released for a little while.
  • Rev 20:7-8 : 7 And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison, 8 And will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together for battle; the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
  • Rev 15:1-6 : 1 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them the wrath of God is finished. 2 And I saw something like a sea of glass mingled with fire, and those who had gained victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. 3 And they sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous are Your works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are Your ways, O King of the saints. 4 Who shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. For all nations shall come and worship before You, for Your judgments have been revealed. 5 After these things I looked, and behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened. 6 And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure, bright linen, and having their chests girded with golden bands.
  • Matt 4:1-9 : 1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he afterward became hungry. 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If you are the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God. 5 Then the devil took him into the holy city, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, 6 And said to him, If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning you, and in their hands they shall bear you up, lest at any time you strike your foot against a stone. 7 Jesus said to him, It is written again, You shall not tempt the Lord your God. 8 Again, the devil took him up into an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory, 9 And said to him, All these things will I give you, if you will fall down and worship me. 10 Then Jesus said to him, Go away, Satan, for it is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and only him shall you serve.
  • Matt 12:34 : 34 O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
  • Gen 49:17 : 17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, a viper in the path, that bites the horse's heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
  • Num 21:6-7 : 6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many people of Israel died. 7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against you; pray to the LORD, that He take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
  • Dan 9:26 : 26 And after sixty-two weeks, the Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; its end shall be with a flood, and until the end of the war desolations are determined.
  • Amos 9:3 : 3 And though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out from there; and though they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea, from there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them.
  • Mark 16:18 : 18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
  • 1 John 5:5 : 5 Who is the one who overcomes the world, but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
  • Heb 2:18 : 18 For in that He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to help those who are tempted.
  • Heb 5:7 : 7 In the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His reverent submission;
  • Acts 28:3-6 : 3 And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened on his hand. 4 And when the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to each other, Certainly this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped the sea, justice does not allow to live. 5 And he shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm. 6 However, they expected that he would swell up or suddenly fall down dead; but after they had looked a long time and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god.
  • John 12:31-33 : 31 Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out. 32 And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself. 33 This he said, signifying what death he would die.
  • John 14:30-31 : 30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world is coming, and he has nothing in me. 31 But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave me commandment, so I do. Arise, let us go from here.
  • Luke 10:19 : 19 Behold, I give you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
  • Luke 22:39-44 : 39 And he came out, and went, as he usually did, to the Mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him. 40 And when he was at the place, he said to them, Pray that you do not enter into temptation. 41 And he withdrew from them about a stone's throw, and knelt down, and prayed, 42 Saying, Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but yours, be done. 43 And there appeared an angel to him from heaven, strengthening him. 44 And being in agony, he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was like great drops of blood falling to the ground.
  • Luke 22:53 : 53 When I was daily with you in the temple, you did not stretch forth any hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
  • Eph 4:8 : 8 Therefore he says, When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
  • Col 2:15 : 15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
  • Rom 3:13 : 13 'Their throat is an open grave; with their tongues they have practiced deceit; the poison of vipers is under their lips.'
  • Matt 3:7 : 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, O generation of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
  • Matt 23:33 : 33 Serpents, brood of vipers, how can you escape the condemnation of hell?
  • Luke 1:76 : 76 And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest, for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways,

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    11 And He said, Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?

    12 And the man said, The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.

    13 And the LORD God said to the woman, What is this you have done? And the woman said, The serpent deceived me, and I ate.

    14 And the LORD God said to the serpent, Because you have done this, you are cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; on your belly you shall go, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life:

  • Gen 3:16-19
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    16 To the woman He said, I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth; in pain you shall bring forth children; your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.

    17 Then to Adam He said, Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it: cursed is the ground for your sake; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life;

    18 Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the herb of the field;

    19 In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return.

  • Gen 3:1-6
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    1 Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, Yes, has God said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

    2 And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

    3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, You shall not eat of it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.

    4 And the serpent said to the woman, You shall not surely die:

    5 For God knows that in the day you eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and you shall be like gods, knowing good and evil.

    6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of the fruit and ate, and gave also to her husband with her; and he ate.

  • Gen 22:17-18
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    17 That in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies;

    18 And in your descendants shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because you have obeyed my voice.

  • 15 And the serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the flood.

  • 3 And I will bless those who bless you, and curse him who curses you: and in you shall all families of the earth be blessed.

  • 7 If you do well, shall you not be accepted? and if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And unto you shall be his desire, and you shall rule over him.

  • 13 And when the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child.

  • 13 You shall tread upon the lion and the adder: the young lion and the dragon you shall trample underfoot.

  • 17 So the dragon became enraged with the woman, and went off to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus.

  • 15 And the LORD said to him, Therefore whoever slays Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest anyone finding him should kill him.

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    56 The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,

    57 And toward her young one that comes out from between her feet, and toward her children who she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and distress, with which your enemy shall distress you in your gates.

  • 3 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:

  • Gen 4:11-12
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    11 And now you are cursed from the earth, which has opened her mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand;

    12 When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength; a fugitive and a wanderer you shall be on the earth.

  • 14 And your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in you and in your descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

  • Gen 3:22-23
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    22 Then the LORD God said, Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever:

    23 Therefore the LORD God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken.

  • 40 And by your sword you shall live, and shall serve your brother; and it shall come to pass, when you shall have the dominion, that you shall break his yoke from off your neck.

  • 4 His tail swept away a third of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child as soon as it was born.

  • 19 Behold, I give you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

  • 25 You shall also know that your seed shall be great, and your offspring as the grass of the earth.

  • 10 You shall destroy their offspring from the earth, and their descendants from among the children of men.

  • 16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He does not say, 'And to seeds,' as of many, but as of one, 'And to your seed,' which is Christ.

  • 17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, a viper in the path, that bites the horse's heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.

  • 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you.

  • 15 'Their feet are swift to shed blood:'

  • 16 And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also shall be numbered.

  • 29 Rejoice not, whole Philistia, because the rod of him that struck you is broken: for out of the serpent's root will come forth a viper, and his fruit will be a fiery flying serpent.

  • 20 And the God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

  • 23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.