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{{quotebox|Then the LORD God told the serpent, "Because you have done this, you will lie under a curse, more than all livestock or any other land animal. You will crawl on your belly and eat dry-powder food throughout the days of your life.}}

{{quotebox|Then the LORD God told the serpent, "Because you have done this, you will lie under a curse, more than all livestock or any other land animal. You will crawl on your belly and eat dry-powder food throughout the days of your life.}}

Now, most translations use "dust," corresponding to the Hebrew word "aphar," which also means "earth." Thus, I can see why the proposed conservative translation took the word "dust" and generalized it to "dry-powder food." However, I think this ignores a symbolic meaning here. [https://www.biblehub.com/genesis/3-14.htm Some translations use "earth" instead of "dust,"] and there's evidently a reason. In summary, just think: does Satan, represented by the serpent, literally eat dust? No. So what if it instead read he "eats earth"? Or, to put it more bluntly and concisely, ''he consumes the earth in sin''? That's certainly what he does for all his life before being condemned to die in the lake of fire. —[[User:LT|<code><span style="background:#FF8181">'''LT'''</span></code>]] '''''[[User talk:LT|^{(Exodus 23:2)}]]''''' Saturday, 12:56, December 24, 2022 (EST)

Now, most translations use "dust," corresponding to the Hebrew word "aphar," which also means "earth." Thus, I can see why the proposed conservative translation took the word "dust" and generalized it to "dry-powder food." However, I think this ignores a symbolic meaning here. [https://www.biblehub.com/genesis/3-14.htm Some translations use "earth" instead of "dust,"] and there's evidently a reason. In summary, just think: does Satan, represented by the serpent, literally eat dust? No. So what if it instead read he "eats earth," with "earth" used in that phrase instead of "dust"? Or, to put it more bluntly and concisely, ''he consumes the earth in sin''? That's certainly what he does for all his life before being condemned to die in the lake of fire. —[[User:LT|<code><span style="background:#FF8181">'''LT'''</span></code>]] '''''[[User talk:LT|^{(Exodus 23:2)}]]''''' Saturday, 12:56, December 24, 2022 (EST)