Genesis 4:6

In 11 translations

BSB

“Why are you angry,” said the LORD to Cain, “and why has your countenance fallen?

KJV

And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

WEB

Yahweh said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why has the expression of your face fallen?

ASV

And Jehovah said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

LSV

And YHWH says to Cain, “Why do you have displeasure? And why has your countenance fallen?

YLT

And Jehovah saith unto Cain, 'Why hast thou displeasure? and why hath thy countenance fallen?

DBY

And Jehovah said to Cain, Why art thou angry, and why is thy countenance fallen?

DRC

And the Lord said to him: Why art thou angry? and why is thy countenance fallen?

GNV

Then ye Lord said vnto Kain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance cast downe?

JPS

And the LORD said unto Cain: 'Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

LXXE

And the Lord God said to Cain, Why art thou become very sorrowful and why is thy countenance fallen?

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WLC

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־קָ֑יִן לָ֚מָּה חָ֣רָה לָ֔ךְ וְלָ֖מָּה נָפְל֥וּ פָנֶֽיךָ׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ εἶπε Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς τῷ Κάϊν, ἵνα τί περίλυπος ἐγένου, καὶ ἵνα τί συνέπεσε τὸ πρόσωπόν 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

• Isaiah 1:18“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.
• Job 5:2For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
• Luke 15:31–32‘Son, you are always with me,’ the father said, ‘and all that is mine is yours. But it was fitting to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”
• Micah 6:3–5‘My people, what have I done to you? Testify against Me how I have wearied you! For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery. I sent Moses before you, as well as Aaron and…
• Matthew 20:15Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
• Jeremiah 2:31You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no more’?
• John 4:8–11(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.) “You are a Jew,” said the woman. “How can You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.) Jesus answered, “If you knew…
• Jeremiah 2:5This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me, and followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves?
• 1 Chronicles 13:11–13Then David became angry because the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah; so he named that place Perez-uzzah, as it is called to this day. That day David feared God and asked, “How can I ever bring the ark of God to me?”…
• John 4:1–4When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John (although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples), He left Judea and returned to Galilee. Now He had to…

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