Genesis 4:24

In 11 translations

BSB

If Cain is avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”Hebrew; LXX can be translated as either seventy times seven or seventy-sevenfold; see also Matthew 18:22.

KJV

If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

WEB

If Cain will be avenged seven times, truly Lamech seventy-seven times.”

ASV

If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, Truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

LSV

For sevenfold is required for Cain, || And for Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”

YLT

For sevenfold is required for Cain, And for Lamech seventy and sevenfold.'

DBY

If Cain shall be avenged seven-fold; Lemech seventy and seven fold.

DRC

Sevenfold vengeance shall be taken for Cain: but for Lamech seventy times sevenfold.

GNV

If Kain shalbe auenged seuen folde, truely Lamech, seuentie times seuen folde.

JPS

If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

LXXE

Because vengeance has been exacted seven times on Cain's behalf, on Lamech's it shall be seventy times seven.

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WLC

כִּ֥י שִׁבְעָתַ֖יִם יֻקַּם־קָ֑יִן וְלֶ֖מֶךְ שִׁבְעִ֥ים וְשִׁבְעָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Ὅτι ἑπτάκις ἐκδεδίκηται ἐκ Κάϊν· ἐκ δὲ Λάμεχ, ἑβδομηκοντάκις ἑπτά.

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• Matthew 18:22Jesus answered, “I tell you, not just seven times, but seventy-seven times!
• Genesis 4:15“Not so!” replied the LORD. “If anyone slays Cain, then Cain will be avenged sevenfold.” And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him.

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