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Genesis 2:17 NIV (New International Version)

but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”

Genesis 2:17 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”

Genesis 2:17 NLT (New Living Translation)

except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If you eat its fruit, you are sure to die.”

Genesis 2:17 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)

but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for on the day you eat from it, you will certainly die.”

Genesis 2:17 KJV (King James 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.

Genesis 2:17 NKJV (New King James Version)

but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”

Genesis 2:16-17 MSG (The Message)

GOD commanded the Man, “You can eat from any tree in the garden, except from the Tree-of-Knowledge-of-Good-and-Evil. Don’t eat from it. The moment you eat from that tree, you’re dead.”

Genesis 2:17 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)

but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for on the day that you eat from it you will certainly die.”

Genesis 2:17 AMP (Amplified Bible)

but [only] from the tree of the knowledge (recognition) of good and evil you shall not eat, otherwise on the day that you eat from it, you shall most certainly die [because of your disobedience].”

Genesis 2:17 NET (New English Translation)

but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will surely die.”