Genesis 4:11 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And now you are cursed by reason of the earth, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's [shed] blood from your hand.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

You are now cursed from the ground that opened its mouth to take your brother’s blood from your hand.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Now, therefore, you will be cursed upon the land, which opened its mouth and received the blood of your brother at your hand.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Now, therefore, cursed shalt thou be upon the earth, which hath opened her mouth, and received the blood of thy brother at thy hand.

Genesis 4:11 Cross References

Genesis 3:14

And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou 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:

Genesis 4:14

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

Genesis 5:29

and he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us for our work and for the toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.

Job 16:18

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

Isaiah 26:21

For, behold, the LORD cometh forth 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.

Galatians 3:10

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

Revelation 12:16

And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the river which the dragon cast out of his mouth.