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Genesis 4:10

SinJudgmentJustice

8 Then Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.

9 And the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I do not know!” he answered. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”

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

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

12 When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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.
WEB
The LORD 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.
DARBY
And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.
BLB
And He said, “What have you done? The voice of the bloods of your brother is crying out to Me from the ground!
ÅB
Men han sa: Hva har du gjort? Hør, din brors blod roper til meg fra jorden.
OTB
Herren sa: "Hva har du gjort? Din brors blod roper til meg fra jorden.
B1930
Men han sa: Hvad har du gjort? Hør, din brors blod roper til mig fra jorden.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Hebrews 12:24

    to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

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  • Psalms 72:14

    He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for their blood is precious in his sight.

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  • Hebrews 11:4

    By 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.

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  • Isaiah 5:7

    For 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.

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  • James 5:4

    Look, 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.

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  • Psalms 9:12

    For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.

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  • Numbers 35:33

    Do 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.

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  • Revelation 6:9–10

    And 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.

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