Genesis 4:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁹ Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” He said, “I do not know; am I my brother’s keeper?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ And the Lord said to Cain, Where is Abel your brother? And he said, I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ And Jehovah said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: am I my brother’s keeper?

Common English Bible

⁹ The LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” Cain said, “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s guardian?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ And the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" And he responded: "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ And the Lord said to Cain: Where is thy brother Abel? And he answered: I know not. Am I my brother's keeper?

Genesis 4:9 Cross References

Genesis 37:26

Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?

Genesis 37:32

They had the ornamented robe taken to their father, and they said, “This we have found; see now whether it is your son’s robe or not.”

Genesis 4:10

And the Lord said, “What have you done? Listen, your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground!

Psalm 9:12

For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

Psalm 9:13

Be gracious to me, O Lord. See what I suffer from those who hate me; you are the one who lifts me up from the gates of death,

Proverbs 28:13

No one who conceals transgressions will prosper, but one who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.

John 8:44

You are from your father the devil, and you choose to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.