Genesis 2:5
And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
KJV
et omne virgultum agri antequam oriretur in terra, omnemque herbam regionis priusquam germinaret : non enim pluerat Dominus Deus super terram, et homo non erat qui operaretur terram :
Vulgate
καὶ πᾶν χλωρὸν ἀγροῦ πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, καὶ πάντα χόρτον ἀγροῦ πρὸ τοῦ ἀνατεῖλαι. οὐ γὰρ ἔβρεξεν ὁ θεὸς ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, καὶ ἄνθρωπος οὐκ ἦν ἐργάζεσθαι τὴν γῆν·
LXX
And no plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Jehovah God had not caused it to rain upon the earth: and there was not a man to till the ground;
ASV
וְ/כֹ֣ל שִׂ֣יחַ הַ/שָּׂדֶ֗ה טֶ֚רֶם יִֽהְיֶ֣ה בָ/אָ֔רֶץ וְ/כָל עֵ֥שֶׂב הַ/שָּׂדֶ֖ה טֶ֣רֶם יִצְמָ֑ח כִּי֩ לֹ֨א הִמְטִ֜יר יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהִים֙ עַל הָ/אָ֔רֶץ וְ/אָדָ֣ם אַ֔יִן לַֽ/עֲבֹ֖ד אֶת הָֽ/אֲדָמָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
19 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲדָמָ֔ה
'dmh
noun · 224×
אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
טֶ֣רֶם
trm
adverb · 56×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יְצַמַּ֥ח
ytsmch
verb · 33×
יַמְטֵ֥ר
ymtr
verb · 17×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 287×
עֵ֣שֶׂב
'shb
noun · 33×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שִׂ֣יחַ
shych
noun · 4×
שָּׂדֶ֔ה
shdh
noun · 334×
Historic Christian voices
12 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
A vindication of the prophecy in Isaiah 7:14 against the misinterpretations of Theodotion, Aquila, the Ebionites, and the Jews. Authority of the Septuagint version. Arguments in proof that Christ was born of a virgin. 1. God, then, was made man, and the Lord did Himself save us, giving us the token of the Virgin. But not as some allege, among those now presuming to expound the …
2. But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery. What mystery? For surely Christ says, Matthew 10:27. ηκούσατε rec. text ἀκούετε What you have heard in the ear, proclaim upon the housetops. How then does he call it a mystery? Because that neither angel nor archangel, nor any other…
Theology of the Body · 5 passages
Analysis of the Biblical Account of Creation Last Wednesday we began this series of reflections on the reply Christ gave to his questioners on the subject of the unity and indissolubility of marriage. As we recall, the Pharisees who questioned him appealed to the Mosaic Law. However, Christ went back to the "beginning," quoting the words of Genesis. The "beginning" in this ca…
The Second Account of Creation: The Subjective Definition of Man With reference to Christ's words on the subject of marriage, in which he appealed to the "beginning," we directed our attention last week to the first account of man's creation in the first chapter of Genesis. Today we shall pass to the second account, which is frequently described as the "Yahwist," since it uses…
The Meaning of Man's Original Solitude In the last reflection of the present cycle we reached an introductory conclusion, taken from the words of Genesis on the creation of man as male and female. We reached these words, that is, the "beginning," to which the Lord Jesus referred in his talk on the indissolubility of marriage (cf. Mt 19:3-9; Mk 10:1-12). But the conclusion at w…
…and 2 more from this source.
13. It is plain then from the above that the Scriptures declare the Son's eternity; it is equally plain from what follows that the Arian phrases 'He was not,' and 'before' and 'when,' are in the same Scriptures predicated of creatures. Moses, for instance, in his account of the generation of our system, says, 'And every plant of the field, before it was in the earth, and every …
Cross-references
- Gen 1:11 — And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
- Gen 1:11 — And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
- Gen 3:23 — Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
- Gen 3:23 — Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
- Gen 4:2 — And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
- Gen 4:12 — When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
- Heb 6:7 — For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:
- Jer 14:22 — Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these t
- Job 5:10 — Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
- Job 38:26 — To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
- Matt 5:45 — That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
- Ps 65:9 — Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
- Ps 104:14 — He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
- Ps 135:7 — He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.
- Ps 135:7 — He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.