Genesis 2:17

Man and Woman in the Garden

16And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,17but 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.”

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Berean Standard Bible
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.”
American Standard Version (1901)
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.
Bible in Basic English
But of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you may not take; for on the day when you take of it, death will certainly come to you.
Douay-Rheims 1899
But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat. For in what day soever thou shalt eat of it, thou shalt die the death.
Free Bible Version
but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, because the day you eat from it you are certain to die.”
Geneva Bible 1599
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.
King James (Authorized) Version
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.
One Unity Resource Bible
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 have death.”
Plain English Version
There is only one tree that you can’t eat its fruit. You can’t eat the fruit from that tree that lets you know if the things you do are good, or if they are bad. I’m telling you, if you eat any fruit from that tree, you will die, for sure.”
Unlocked Literal Bible
But from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you may not eat, for on the day that you eat from it, you will surely die.”
Noah Webster Bible
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest of it thou shalt surely die.
World English Bible
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.”
Young's Literal Translation
and of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou dost not eat of it, for in the day of thine eating of it — dying thou dost die.'