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Genesis 4:12

Judgment

10 “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.

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.”

13 But Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.

14 Behold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”

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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
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.”
KJV
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.
WEB
From now on, when you till the ground, it won’t yield its strength to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”
ASV
when thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee its strength; a fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be in the earth.
DARBY
When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield thee its strength; a wanderer and fugitive shalt thou be on the earth.
BLB
When you work the ground, it shall not continue to give its strength to you. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”
ÅB
Når du dyrker jorden, skal den ikke mere gi deg sin grøde; omflakkende og hjemløs skal du være på jorden.
OTB
Når du arbeider jorden, vil den ikke lenger gi deg sin styrke. Du vil være en vandrer og en flyktning på jorden."
B1930
Når du dyrker jorden, skal den ikke mere gi dig sin grøde; omflakkende og hjemløs skal du være på jorden.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Hosea 9:17

    My God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.

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  • Leviticus 26:20

    and your strength will be spent in vain. For your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit.

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  • Leviticus 26:36

    As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and fall when no one pursues them.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:23–24

    The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.

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  • Psalms 109:10

    May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:65–66

    Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.

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  • Jeremiah 20:3–4

    The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The LORD does not call you Pashhur, but Magor-missabib.

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  • Romans 8:20

    For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope

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