Genesis 3:5
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For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.“For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
In other translations
For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.“For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
Hebrew words
כִּיkiforH3588יֹדֵעַyodea'[is] knowingH3045אֱלֹהִים'elohimGodH430כִּיkithatH3588בְּיוֹםbeyomon [the] dayH3117אֲכָלְכֶם'akhalkhemeat youH398מִמֶּנּוּmimenufrom itH4480וְנִפְקְחוּvenifkechuand they will be openedH6491עֵינֵיכֶם'eineikhemeyes yourH5869וִהְיִיתֶםvihyitemand you will beH1961כֵּאלֹהִיםkelohimlike GodH430יֹדְעֵיyode'ei[those who] knowH3045טוֹבtov<of> goodH2896וָרָע׃vara'and evilH7451
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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