Genesis 3:4 ““You will not surely die,” the serpent told the woman.”

Genesis 3:4

“You will not surely die,” the serpent told the woman.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

World English Bible

The serpent said to the woman, “You won’t really die,

American Standard Version

And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

Geneva Bible 1599

Then the serpent said to the woman, Ye shall not die at all,

Darby Translation

And the serpent said to the woman, Ye will not certainly die;

Young's Literal Translation

And the serpent saith unto the woman, 'Dying, ye do not die,

Bible in Basic English

And the snake said, Death will not certainly come to you:

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Cross references

“serpent”

John 8:44

John 8:44 · BSB

You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native langua…

“Ye”

2 Corinthians 11:3 1 Timothy 2:14 2 Corinthians 2:11 Genesis 3:13 Deuteronomy 29:19 2 Kings 1:4

2 Corinthians 11:3 · BSB

I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.

1 Timothy 2:14 · BSB

And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression.

2 Corinthians 2:11 · BSB

in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.

Genesis 3:13 · BSB

Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied, “and I ate.”

Deuteronomy 29:19 · BSB

because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land…

2 Kings 1:4 · BSB

Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘You will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’” So Elijah departed.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’”

5“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.”

Read Genesis 3