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Genesis 4:11

Judgment

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

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

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.

13 And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

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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
Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
KJV
And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;
WEB
Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
ASV
And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother`s blood from thy hand;
DARBY
And now be thou cursed from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
BLB
And now, cursed [are] you from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive the bloods of your brother from your hand.
ÅB
Og nå skal du være bannlyst fra den jord som lot opp sin munn og tok imot din brors blod av din hånd!
OTB
Som et resultat er du forbannet fra jorden, som har åpnet sin munn for å ta imot din brors blod fra din hånd.
B1930
Og nu skal du være bannlyst fra den jord som lot op sin munn og tok imot din brors blod av din hånd!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Galatians 3:10

    For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

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  • Job 16:18

    O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.

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  • Genesis 3:14

    And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

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  • Deuteronomy 28:15–20

    But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:

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  • Job 31:38–40

    If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;

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  • Genesis 4:14

    Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.

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  • Isaiah 26:21

    For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

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  • Deuteronomy 27:16–26

    Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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