19 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.

• Rom 8:20 · allusion
  "For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,"
  Genesis: cursed is the ground — creation subjected to futility

• Blessing and Curse
• Sin

• Original Sin · major

• Adam → Christ
• Adam as type of Christ
• Adam and Christ as Federal Heads
• Fall of Adam → Redemption in Christ

• The Adamic Covenant

9 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Cor 15:56 — The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
• Acts 5:29 — Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
• Eccl 2:22 — For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
• Eccl 3:18 — I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
• Eccl 5:17 — All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
• Eccl 6:7 — All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
• Eccl 6:10 — That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
• Gen 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.
• Gen 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
• Gen 5:29 — And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
• Gen 5:29 — And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
• Gen 8:21 — And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will
• Gen 16:2 — And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai
• Heb 6:8 — But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
• Isa 24:5 — The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
• Isa 24:5 — The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
• Jas 1:15 — Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
• Jer 7:23 — But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
• Job 5:7 — Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
• Job 14:1 — Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
• John 16:33 — These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
• Mark 4:7 — And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
• Matt 11:28 — Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
• Matt 16:23 — But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
• Prov 24:31 — And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
• Ps 127:2 — It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
• Rom 8:20 — For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
• Rom 8:20 — For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,