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Genesis 4:10

SinJudgmentJustice

8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?

And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.

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

12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in 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

    And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

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  • Psalms 72:14

    He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.

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  • Hebrews 11:4

    By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.

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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 his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

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  • James 5:4

    Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

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  • Psalms 9:12

    When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.

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  • Numbers 35:33

    So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.

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  • Revelation 6:9–10

    And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:

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