Genesis 2:9

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and Jehovah God causeth to sprout from the ground every tree desirable for appearance, and good for food, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

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  • Gen 3:22 : 22 And Jehovah God saith, `Lo, the man was as one of Us, as to the knowledge of good and evil; and now, lest he send forth his hand, and have taken also of the tree of life, and eaten, and lived to the age,' --
  • Rev 2:7 : 7 He who is having an ear -- let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies: To him who is overcoming -- I will give to him to eat of the tree of life that is in the midst of the paradise of God.
  • Rev 22:14 : 14 `Happy are those doing His commands that the authority shall be theirs unto the tree of the life, and by the gates they may enter into the city;
  • Rev 22:2 : 2 in the midst of its broad place, and of the river on this side and on that, `is' a tree of life, yielding twelve fruits, in each several month rendering its fruits, and the leaves of the tree `are' for the service of the nations;
  • Ezek 31:8-9 : 8 Cedars have not hid him in the garden of God, Firs have not been like unto his boughs, And chesnut-trees have not been as his branches, No tree in the garden of God hath been like unto him in his beauty, 9 Fair I have made him in the multitude of his thin shoots, And envy him do all trees of Eden that `are' in the garden of God.
  • Ezek 31:16 : 16 From the sound of his fall I have caused nations to shake, In My causing him to go down to sheol, With those going down to the pit, And comforted in the earth -- the lower part, are all trees of Eden, The choice and the good of Lebanon, All drinking waters.
  • Ezek 47:12 : 12 And by the stream there cometh up on its edge, on this side and on that side, every `kind of' fruit-tree whose leaf fadeth not, and not consumed is its fruit, according to its months it yieldeth first-fruits, because its waters from the sanctuary are coming forth; and its fruits hath been for food, and its leaf for medicine.
  • Gen 2:17 : 17 and of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou dost not eat of it, for in the day of thine eating of it -- dying thou dost die.'
  • Gen 3:3 : 3 and of the fruit of the tree which `is' in the midst of the garden God hath said, Ye do not eat of it, nor touch it, lest ye die.'
  • Prov 3:18 : 18 A tree of life she `is' to those laying hold on her, And whoso is retaining her `is' happy.
  • Prov 11:30 : 30 The fruit of the righteous `is' a tree of life, And whoso is taking souls `is' wise.
  • Ezek 31:18 : 18 Unto whom hast thou been thus like, In honour and in greatness among the trees of Eden, And thou hast been brought down with the trees of Eden, Unto the earth -- the lower part, In the midst of the uncircumcised thou liest, With the pierced of the sword? It `is' Pharaoh, and all his multitude, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!'
  • 1 Cor 8:1 : 1 And concerning the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that we all have knowledge: knowledge puffeth up, but love buildeth up;
  • Isa 44:25 : 25 Making void the tokens of devisers, And diviners it maketh mad, Turning the wise backward, And their knowledge it maketh foolish.
  • Isa 47:10 : 10 And thou art confident in thy wickedness, Thou hast said, `There is none seeing me,' Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, It is turning thee back, And thou sayest in thy heart, `I `am', and none else.'
  • Deut 6:25 : 25 and righteousness it is for us, when we observe to do all this command before Jehovah our God, as He hath commanded us.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 2:4-8
    5 verses
    86%

    4These `are' births of the heavens and of the earth in their being prepared, in the day of Jehovah God's making earth and heavens;

    5and no shrub of the field is yet in the earth, and no herb of the field yet sprouteth, for Jehovah God hath not rained upon the earth, and a man there is not to serve the ground,

    6and a mist goeth up from the earth, and hath watered the whole face of the ground.

    7And Jehovah God formeth the man -- dust from the ground, and breatheth into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature.

    8And Jehovah God planteth a garden in Eden, at the east, and He setteth there the man whom He hath formed;

  • Gen 2:15-19
    5 verses
    82%

    15And Jehovah God taketh the man, and causeth him to rest in the garden of Eden, to serve it, and to keep it.

    16And Jehovah God layeth a charge on the man, saying, `Of every tree of the garden eating thou dost eat;

    17and of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou dost not eat of it, for in the day of thine eating of it -- dying thou dost die.'

    18And Jehovah God saith, `Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper -- as his counterpart.'

    19And Jehovah God formeth from the ground every beast of the field, and every fowl of the heavens, and bringeth in unto the man, to see what he doth call it; and whatever the man calleth a living creature, that `is' its name.

  • Gen 3:22-24
    3 verses
    79%

    22And Jehovah God saith, `Lo, the man was as one of Us, as to the knowledge of good and evil; and now, lest he send forth his hand, and have taken also of the tree of life, and eaten, and lived to the age,' --

    23Jehovah God sendeth him forth from the garden of Eden to serve the ground from which he hath been taken;

    24yea, he casteth out the man, and causeth to dwell at the east of the garden of Eden the cherubs and the flame of the sword which is turning itself round to guard the way of the tree of life.

  • Gen 3:5-9
    5 verses
    78%

    5for God doth know that in the day of your eating of it -- your eyes have been opened, and ye have been as God, knowing good and evil.'

    6And the woman seeth that the tree `is' good for food, and that it `is' pleasant to the eyes, and the tree is desirable to make `one' wise, and she taketh of its fruit and eateth, and giveth also to her husband with her, and he doth eat;

    7and the eyes of them both are opened, and they know that they `are' naked, and they sew fig-leaves, and make to themselves girdles.

    8And they hear the sound of Jehovah God walking up and down in the garden at the breeze of the day, and the man and his wife hide themselves from the face of Jehovah God in the midst of the trees of the garden.

    9And Jehovah God calleth unto the man, and saith to him, `Where `art' thou?'

  • Gen 2:10
    78%

    10And a river is going out from Eden to water the garden, and from thence it is parted, and hath become four chief `rivers';

  • Gen 1:11-12
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    78%

    11And God saith, `Let the earth yield tender grass, herb sowing seed, fruit-tree (whose seed `is' in itself) making fruit after its kind, on the earth:' and it is so.

    12And the earth bringeth forth tender grass, herb sowing seed after its kind, and tree making fruit (whose seed `is' in itself) after its kind; and God seeth that `it is' good;

  • Gen 3:1-3
    3 verses
    77%

    1And the serpent hath been subtile above every beast of the field which Jehovah God hath made, and he saith unto the woman, `Is it true that God hath said, Ye do not eat of every tree of the garden?'

    2And the woman saith unto the serpent, `Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we do eat,

    3and of the fruit of the tree which `is' in the midst of the garden God hath said, Ye do not eat of it, nor touch it, lest ye die.'

  • Gen 1:29-30
    2 verses
    76%

    29And God saith, `Lo, I have given to you every herb sowing seed, which `is' upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in which `is' the fruit of a tree sowing seed, to you it is for food;

    30and to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the heavens, and to every creeping thing on the earth, in which `is' breath of life, every green herb `is' for food:' and it is so.

  • Eccl 2:5
    75%

    5I made for me gardens and paradises, and I planted in them trees of every fruit.

  • Ezek 31:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8Cedars have not hid him in the garden of God, Firs have not been like unto his boughs, And chesnut-trees have not been as his branches, No tree in the garden of God hath been like unto him in his beauty,

    9Fair I have made him in the multitude of his thin shoots, And envy him do all trees of Eden that `are' in the garden of God.

  • Dan 4:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11become great hath the tree, yea, strong, and its height doth reach to the heavens, and its vision to the end of the whole land;

    12its leaves `are' fair, and its budding great, and food for all `is' in it: under it take shade doth the beast of the field, and in its boughs dwell do the birds of the heavens, and of it fed are all flesh.

  • Gen 3:11-13
    3 verses
    72%

    11And He saith, `Who hath declared to thee that thou `art' naked? of the tree of which I have commanded thee not to eat, hast thou eaten?'

    12and the man saith, `The woman whom Thou didst place with me -- she hath given to me of the tree -- and I do eat.'

    13And Jehovah God saith to the woman, `What `is' this thou hast done?' and the woman saith, `The serpent hath caused me to forget -- and I do eat.'

  • Rev 22:2
    72%

    2in the midst of its broad place, and of the river on this side and on that, `is' a tree of life, yielding twelve fruits, in each several month rendering its fruits, and the leaves of the tree `are' for the service of the nations;

  • Gen 3:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    17And to the man He said, `Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and dost eat of the tree concerning which I have charged thee, saying, Thou dost not eat of it, cursed `is' the ground on thine account; in sorrow thou dost eat of it all days of thy life,

    18and thorn and bramble it doth bring forth to thee, and thou hast eaten the herb of the field;

  • Ps 104:16
    71%

    16Satisfied `are' the trees of Jehovah, Cedars of Lebanon that He hath planted,

  • Dan 4:21
    71%

    21and its leaves `are' fair, and its budding great, and food for all `is' in it, under it dwell doth the beast of the field, and on its boughs sit do the birds of the heavens.

  • Job 14:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8If its root becometh old in the earth, And its stem doth die in the dust,

    9From the fragrance of water it doth flourish, And hath made a crop as a plant.

  • Ezek 17:5
    71%

    5And it taketh of the seed of the land, And doth put it in a field of seed, To take by many waters, In a conspicuous place it hath set it.

  • Ps 80:9
    70%

    9Thou hast looked before it, and dost root it, And it filleth the land,

  • Ezek 17:8
    70%

    8On a good field, by many waters, it is planted, To make branches, and to bear fruit, To be for an goodly vine.

  • Matt 7:17
    70%

    17so every good tree doth yield good fruits, but the bad tree doth yield evil fruits.