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17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”
Read Genesis 2 in NIV · About the NIV
17 but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for on the day that you eat from it you will certainly die.”
Read Genesis 2 in NASB2020 · About the NASB2020
17 but [only] from the tree of the knowledge (recognition) of good and evil you shall not eat, otherwise on the day that you eat from it, you shall most certainly die [because of your disobedience].”
Read Genesis 2 in AMP · About the AMP
17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
Read Genesis 2 in BSB · About the BSB
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.
Read Genesis 2 in ASV · About the ASV
17 But of the tree of knowledge of good and euill, thou shalt not eate of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt die the death.
Read Genesis 2 in GNV · About the GNV
17 but you shall not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
Read Genesis 2 in WEBUS · About the WEBUS
17 But you must not eat the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If you do, you will certainly die.”
Read Genesis 2 in NIrV · About the NIrV
17 But you must not eat any fruit from the tree that gives knowledge of good and evil. If you do eat fruit from that tree, that day you will certainly die.’
Read Genesis 2 in EASY · About the EASY
17 but from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, you do not eat from it, for in the day of your eating from it—dying you die.”
Read Genesis 2 in LSV · About the LSV