Genesis 3:5
For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Genesis 3:5 in other translations
| BSB | “For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” |
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| WEB | for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” |
| ASV | for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil. |
| YLT | for 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.' |
| DARBY | but God knows that in the day ye eat of it, your eyes will be opened, and ye will be as God, knowing good and evil. |
| BBE | For God sees that on the day when you take of its fruit, your eyes will be open, and you will be as gods, having knowledge of good and evil. |
| Webster | For God doth know, that in the day ye eat of it, then your eyes shall be opened: and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. |
What does Genesis 3:5 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 3:1-5
Satan assaulted our first parents, to draw them to sin, and the temptation proved fatal to them. The tempter was the devil, in the shape and likeness of a serpent. Satan's plan was to draw our first parents to sin, and so to separate between them and their God. Thus the devil was from the beginning a murderer, and the great mischief maker. The person tempted was the woman: it was Satan's policy to enter into talk…
Genesis 3:5 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 3:5
- Ezekiel 28:2
Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:
- 2 Thessalonians 2:4
Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
- 2 Corinthians 11:13-15
For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
- 2 Corinthians 4:4
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
- Genesis 2:17
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.
- 2 Corinthians 11:3
But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
- Acts 26:18
To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
- Matthew 6:23
But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
- Acts 12:22-23
And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
- Exodus 20:7
Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
- Genesis 3:22
And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
- Genesis 3:10
And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ex 20:7; 1Ki 22:6; Jer 14:13,14; 28:2,3; Eze 13:2-6,22; 2Co 11:3
2Co 11:13-15
your.
7,10; Mt 6:23; Ac 26:18
as gods.
Ex 5:2; 2Ch 32:15; Ps 12:4; Eze 28:2,9; 29:3; Da 4:30; 6:7
Ac 12:22,23; 2Co 4:4; 2Th 2:4; Re 13:4,14
knowing.
22; 2:17
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Context
- Genesis 3:4
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
- Genesis 3:5
For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
- Genesis 3:6
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
Genesis 3:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas sabe Dios que el día que comiereis de él, serán abiertos vuestros ojos, y seréis como dioses sabiendo el bien y el mal. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | car Dieu sait qu’au jour où vous en mangerez vos yeux seront ouverts, et vous serez comme Dieu, connaissant le bien et le mal. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Sondern Gott weiß, daß, welches Tages ihr davon esset, eure Augen aufgetan werden und ihr sein werdet wie Gott, erkennend Gutes und Böses. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Scit enim Deus quod in quocumque die comederitis ex eo, aperientur oculi vestri, et eritis sicut dii, scientes bonum et malum. |