And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak to Jehovah, who am but dust and ashes.
Genesis 3:19 - Modern King James Version In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition In the sweat of your face shall you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you shall return. American Standard Version (1901) in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. Common English Bible by the sweat of your face you will eat bread— until you return to the fertile land, since from it you were taken; you are soil, to the soil you will return.” Catholic Public Domain Version By the sweat of your face shall you eat bread, until you return to the earth from which you were taken. For dust you are, and unto dust you shall return." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thou return to the earth, out of which thou wast taken: for dust thou art, and into dust thou shalt return. |
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak to Jehovah, who am but dust and ashes.
And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
I am a stranger and a visitor with you. Give me a possession of a burying place with you, so that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
It shall also bring forth thorns and thistles to you, and you shall eat the herb of the field.
And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years. And he died.
And he said, I came naked out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. Jehovah gave, and Jehovah has taken away. Blessed be the name of Jehovah.
Remember, I beseech You, that You have formed me as the clay; and will You bring me into the dust again?
and even after they corrupt my skin, yet this: in my flesh I shall see God,
How much less in those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth?
You hide Your face, they are troubled; You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows; for so He gives His beloved sleep.
My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and My tongue clings to My jaws;
All the fat ones on the earth shall eat and worship; all those who go down to the dust shall bow before Him; and none can keep alive his own soul.
The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of departed spirits.
And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all which is done under the heavens. It is a sad task God has given to the sons of men to be humbled by it.
What is the profit to a man in all his labor which he labors under the sun?
then the dust shall return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return to God who gave it.
All go to one place; all are of the dust, and all return to dust again.
As he came forth from his mother's womb naked, he shall return to go as he came. And from his labor he may not carry anything that may go in his hand.
And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
The first man was out of earth, earthy; the second Man was the Lord from Heaven.
Let him who stole steal no more, but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing which is good, so that he may have something to give to him who needs.
For, brothers, you remember our labor and toil. For laboring night and day in order not to put a burden on any one of you, we preached the gospel of God to you.
For even when we were with you, we commanded you this, that if anyone would not work, neither should he eat.
And as it is appointed to men once to die, but after this the judgment,