19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
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Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-19)I. God put marks of his displeasure on Adam in three instances:— 1. His habitation is, by this sentence, cursed: Cursed is the ground for thy sake ; and the effect of that curse is, Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth unto thee . It is here intimated that his habitation should be changed; he should no longer dwell in a distinguished, blessed, paradise, but should be removed to common ground,…
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