Genesis 4:15 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹⁵ 5 And the Lord said to him: No, it shall not be so: but whosoever shall kill Cain, shall be punished sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, that whosoever found him should not kill him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ And the Lord said to him, Therefore, if anyone kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark or sign upon Cain, lest anyone finding him should kill him.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ And Jehovah said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And Jehovah appointed a sign for Cain, lest any finding him should smite him.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ The LORD said to him, “It won’t happen; anyone who kills Cain will be paid back seven times.” The LORD put a sign on Cain so that no one who found him would assault him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ And the Lord said to him: "By no means will it be so; rather, whoever would kill Cain, will be punished sevenfold." And the Lord placed a seal upon Cain, so that anyone who found him would not put him to death.

Genesis 4:15 Cross References

Ezekiel 9:4

And saw and behold in the firmament that was over the heads of the cherubims, there appeared over them as it were the sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

Psalm 79:12

Thou hast made us to be a contradiction to our neighbours: and our enemies have scoffed at us.

Ezekiel 9:6

And the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in, and a cloud filled the inner court.

Genesis 4:24

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

Revelation 14:11

0 And the press was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the press, up to the horses' bridles, for a thousand and six hundred furlongs.

Revelation 14:9

8 And another angel came out from the altar, who had power over fire; and he cried with a loud voice to him that had the sharp sickle, saying: Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vineyard of the earth; because the grapes thereof are ripe.

Matthew 26:52

0 And they found not, whereas many false witnesses had come in. And last of all there came two false witnesses:

Hosea 1:4

Say ye to your brethren: You are my people, and to your sister: Thou hast obtained mercy.

Psalm 59:11

Unto the end, for them that shall be changed, for the inscription of a title, to David himself, for doctrine, when he set fire to Mesopotamia of Syria and Sobal and Joab returned and slew of Edom, in the vale of the saltpits, twelve thousand men. O God, thou hast cast us off, and hast destroyed us; thou hast been angry, and hast had mercy on us.

1 Kings 16:7

2 And Zambri destroyed all the house of Baasa, according to the word of the Lord, that he had spoken to Baasa in the hand of Jehu the prophet,

Leviticus 26:28

3 And I will scatter you among the Gentiles, and I will draw out the sword after you, and your land shall be desert, and your cities destroyed.

Leviticus 26:24

9 So that you shall eat the flesh of your sons and of your daughters.

Leviticus 26:21

6 After I shall have broken the staff of your bread: so that ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and give it out by weight: and you shall eat, and shall not be filled.

Leviticus 26:18

3 And if even so you will not amend, but will walk contrary to me:

Proverbs 6:31

Bind it upon thy fingers, write it upon the tables of thy heart.