Genesis 2:17 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁷ but do not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for in the day that you eat of it you shall certainly die.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and blessing and calamity you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ but don’t eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, because on the day you eat from it, you will die!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ But from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat. For in whatever day you will eat from it, you will die a death."

Genesis 2:17 Cross References

Genesis 2:9

And out of the ground יהוה  Elohim made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, with the tree of life in the midst of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 20:7

“And now, return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet, and let him pray for you and you live. But if you do not return her, know that you shall certainly die, you and all that are yours.”

Genesis 3:11

And He said, “Who made you know that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?”

Genesis 3:17

And to the man He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘Do not eat of it’: “Cursed is the ground because of you, in toil you are to eat of it all the days of your life,

Genesis 3:19

“By the sweat of your face you are to eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For dust you are, and to dust you return.”

1 Kings 2:37

“And it shall be, on the day you go out and pass over the wadi Qiḏ

1 Kings 2:42

So the sovereign sent and called for Shimʽ

Jeremiah 26:8

And it came to be, when Yirmeyahu had ended speaking all that יהוה  had commanded him to speak to all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him, saying, “You shall certainly die!

Ezekiel 18:13

if he has lent on interest or taken increase – shall he live? He shall not live! If he has done any of these abominations, he shall certainly die, his blood is upon him.

Ezekiel 18:32

“For I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies,” declares the Master יהוה. “So turn back and live!”

Ezekiel 18:4

“See, all beings are Mine, the being of the father as well as the being of the son is Mine. The being that is sinning shall die.

Ezekiel 33:14

“Again, when I say to the wrong, ‘You shall certainly die,’ if he turns from his sin and does right and righteousness,

Ezekiel 33:8

“When I say to the wrong, ‘O wrong one, you shall certainly die!’ and you have not spoken to warn the wrong from his way, that wrong one shall die in his crookedness, and his blood I require at your hand.

Numbers 26:65

For יהוה  had said of them, “They shall certainly die in the wilderness.” And not a man was left of them, except Kalĕ

Romans 1:32

who, though they know the righteousness of Elohim, that those who practise such deserve death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practise them.

Romans 6:16

Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves servants for obedience, you are servants of the one whom you obey, whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the favourable gift of Elohim is everlasting life in Messiah יהושע  our Master.

Romans 8:2

For the Torah of the Spirit of the life in Messiah יהושע  has set me free from the law of sin and of death.

1 Corinthians 15:22

For as all die in Aḏ

1 Corinthians 15:56

And the sting of death is the sin, and the power of the sin is the Torah.

Galatians 3:10

For as many as are of works of Torah are under the curse, for it has been written, “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all that has been written in the book of the Torah, to do them.”

Ephesians 5:14

That is why He says, “Wake up, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Messiah shall shine on you.”

Deuteronomy 27:26

‘Cursed is he who does not establish the Words of this Torah.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amĕ

Deuteronomy 30:15

“See, I have set before you today life and good, and death and evil,

Deuteronomy 30:19

“I have called the heavens and the earth as witnesses today against you: I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore you shall choose life, so that you live, both you and your seed,

Colossians 2:13

And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses,

1 Timothy 5:6

But she who is living in luxury is dead while she lives.

James 1:15

Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin. And sin, when it has been accomplished, brings forth death.

1 John 5:16

If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin, not unto death, he shall ask, and He shall give him life for those not sinning unto death. There is a sin unto death. I do not say that he should pray about that.

Revelation 2:11

“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. He who overcomes shall by no means be harmed by the second death.” ’

Revelation 20:14

And the death and the grave were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

Revelation 20:6

Blessed and set-apart is the one having part in the first resurrection. The second death possesses no authority over these, but they shall be priests of Elohim and of Messiah, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.

Revelation 21:8

“But as for the cowardly, and untrustworthy, and abominable, and murderers, and those who whore, and drug sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the false, their part is in the lake which burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.”

Judges 3:2

only that the generations of the children of Yisra’ĕ

1 Samuel 14:39

“For as יהוה  lives, who saves Yisra’ĕ

1 Samuel 14:44

And Sha’ul answered, “Elohim do so and more also, for you shall certainly die, Yonathan.”

1 Samuel 20:31

“For as long as the son of Yishai lives on the earth, you shall not be established, you and your reign. And now, send and bring him to me, for he is a son of death.”

1 Samuel 22:16

And the sovereign said, “You shall certainly die, Aḥ