Genesis 4:24 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, Truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, Truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

If Cain is avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech [will be avenged] seventy-sevenfold.

American Standard Version (1901)

If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, Truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

Common English Bible

so Cain will be paid back seven times and Lamech seventy-seven times.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

Sevenfold vengeance will be given for Cain, but for Lamech, seventy-seven times."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Sevenfold vengeance shall be taken for Cain: but for Lamech seventy times sevenfold.

Genesis 4:24 Cross References

Genesis 4:15

And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD appointed a sign for Cain, lest any finding him should smite him.

Matthew 18:22

Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times; but, Until seventy times seven.