Genesis 4:10

In 11 translations

BSB

“What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.

KJV

And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.blood: Heb. bloods

WEB

Yahweh said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries to me from the ground.

ASV

And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.

LSV

And He says, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to Me from the ground;

YLT

And He saith, 'What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood is crying unto Me from the ground;

DBY

And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.

DRC

And he said to him: What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth to me from the earth.

GNV

Againe he said, What hast thou done? the voyce of thy brothers blood cryeth vnto me from the earth.

JPS

And He said: 'What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto Me from the ground.

LXXE

And the Lord said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood cries to me out of the ground.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר מֶ֣ה עָשִׂ֑יתָ ק֚וֹל דְּמֵ֣י אָחִ֔יךָ צֹעֲקִ֥ים אֵלַ֖י מִן־הָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ εἶπε Κύριος, τί πεποίηκας; φωνὴ αἵματος τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου βοᾷ πρός με ἐκ τῆς γῆς.

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• Cain and Abel Cain kills his brother Abel after God favours Abel and his offering but not Cain and his. Before the killing, God warns Cain to resist sin; …

Cross-references most cited first

• Hebrews 12:24to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
• Hebrews 11:4By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.
• Psalms 72:14He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for their blood is precious in his sight.
• Isaiah 5:7For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.
• James 5:4Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
• Psalms 9:12For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
• Numbers 35:33Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
• Revelation 6:9–10And when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony they had upheld. And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord,…
• Job 31:38–39if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together, if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,
• Job 16:18O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry for help never be laid to rest.
• Genesis 9:5And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:
• Exodus 3:7The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.
• Psalms 50:21You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.
• 2 Kings 9:26‘As surely as I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday, declares the LORD, so will I repay you on this plot of ground, declares the LORD.’ Now then, according to the word of the LORD, pick him up…
• Genesis 3:13Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied, “and I ate.”
• Joshua 7:19So Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and make a confession to Him. I urge you to tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me.”

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