Genesis 4:13
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.”
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.”
15 “Not so!” replied the LORD. “If anyone slays Cain, then Cain will be avenged sevenfold.” And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- But Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.
- KJV
- And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
- WEB
- Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.
- ASV
- And Cain said unto Jehovah, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
- DARBY
- And Cain said to Jehovah, My punishment is too great to be borne.
- BLB
- And Cain said to YHWH, “Greater [is] my punishment than I can bear!
- ÅB
- Da sa Kain til Herren: Min misgjerning er større enn at jeg kan bære den.
- OTB
- Kain sa til Herren: "Denne straffen er mer enn jeg kan bære!
- B1930
- Da sa Kain til Herren: Min misgjerning er større enn at jeg kan bære den.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 15:22
He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.
Read in contextRevelation 16:9
And the people were scorched by intense heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues; yet they did not repent and give Him glory.
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