Genesis 4:11

In 11 translations

BSB

Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.

KJV

And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;

WEB

Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.

ASV

And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;

LSV

and now, cursed [are] you from the ground, which has opened her mouth to receive the blood of your brother from your hand;

YLT

and now, cursed [art] thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive the blood of thy brother from thy hand;

DBY

And now be thou cursed from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.

DRC

Now, therefore, cursed shalt thou be upon the earth, which hath opened her mouth and received the blood of thy brother at thy hand.

GNV

Now therefore thou art cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receiue thy brothers blood from thine hand.

JPS

And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.

LXXE

And now thou art cursed from the earth which has opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.

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WLC

וְעַתָּ֖ה אָר֣וּר אָ֑תָּה מִן־הָֽאֲדָמָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר פָּצְתָ֣ה אֶת־פִּ֔יהָ לָקַ֛חַת אֶת־דְּמֵ֥י אָחִ֖יךָ מִיָּדֶֽךָ׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ νῦν ἐπικατάρατος σὺ ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς, ἣ ἔχανε τὸ στόμα αὐτῆς δέξασθαι τὸ αἷμα τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου ἐκ τῆς χειρός σου.

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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

• Galatians 3:10All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”
• Job 16:18O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry for help never be laid to rest.
• Deuteronomy 28:15–20If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you: You will be cursed in the city and…
• Genesis 3:14So the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly will you go, and dust you will eat, all the days of your life.
• Revelation 12:16But the earth helped the woman and opened its mouth to swallow up the river that had poured from the dragon’s mouth.
• Isaiah 26:21For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain.
• Job 31:38–40if 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, then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.”…
• Deuteronomy 27:16–26‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’ ‘Cursed is he who moves his neighbor’s boundary stone.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’ ‘Cursed is he who lets a blind man…
• Genesis 4:14Behold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”
• Deuteronomy 29:19–21because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered…

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