Cain and Abel
Genesis 4:13
In 11 translations
- BSB
- But Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.Or guilt or sin
- KJV
- And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.My…: or, Mine iniquity is greater than that it may be forgiven
- WEB
- Cain said to Yahweh, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.
- ASV
- And Cain said unto Jehovah, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
- LSV
- And Cain says to YHWH, “My punishment is too great than to bear;
- YLT
- And Cain saith unto Jehovah, 'Greater is my punishment than to be borne;
- DBY
- And Cain said to Jehovah, My punishment is too great to be borne.
- DRC
- And Cain said to the Lord: My iniquity is greater than that I may deserve pardon.
- GNV
- Then Kain said to the Lord, My punishment is greater, then I can beare.
- JPS
- And Cain said unto the LORD: 'My punishment is greater than I can bear.
- LXXE
- And Cain said to the Lord God, My crime is too great for me to be forgiven.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיֹּ֥אמֶר קַ֖יִן אֶל־יְהוָ֑ה גָּד֥וֹל עֲוֺנִ֖י מִנְּשֹֽׂא׃
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ εἶπε Κάϊν πρὸς Κύριον τὸν Θεὸν, μείζων ἡ αἰτία μου τοῦ ἀφεθῆναί με.
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- Job 15:22He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.
- Revelation 16:9And the people were scorched by intense heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues; yet they did not repent and give Him glory.
- Revelation 16:11and curse the God of heaven for their pains and sores; yet they did not repent of their deeds.
- Revelation 16:21And great hailstones weighing almost a hundred pounds each rained down on them from above. And men cursed God for the plague of hail, because it was so horrendous.
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