Genesis 4:15 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁵ Then the Lord said to him, “Not so! If any one slays Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.” And the Lord put a mark on Cain, lest any who came upon him should 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ 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.

Genesis 4:15 Cross References

Genesis 4:24

If Cain is avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”

1 Kings 16:7

Moreover the word of the Lord came by the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and also because he destroyed it.

Psalm 59:11

Slay them not, lest my people forget; make them totter by thy power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield!

Psalm 79:12

Return sevenfold into the bosom of our neighbors the taunts with which they have taunted thee, O Lord!

Proverbs 6:31

And if he is caught, he will pay sevenfold; he will give all the goods of his house.

Ezekiel 9:4

And the Lord said to him, “Go through the city, through Jerusalem, and put a mark upon the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations that are committed in it.”

Ezekiel 9:6

slay old men outright, young men and maidens, little children and women, but touch no one upon whom is the mark. And begin at my sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the house.

Hosea 1:4

And the Lord said to him, “Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will punish the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.

Leviticus 26:18

And if in spite of this you will not hearken to me, then I will chastise you again sevenfold for your sins,

Leviticus 26:21

“Then if you walk contrary to me, and will not hearken to me, I will bring more plagues upon you, sevenfold as many as your sins.

Leviticus 26:24

then I also will walk contrary to you, and I myself will smite you sevenfold for your sins.

Leviticus 26:28

then I will walk contrary to you in fury, and chastise you myself sevenfold for your sins.

Matthew 26:52

Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place; for all who take the sword will perish by the sword.

Revelation 14:11

And the smoke of their torment goes up for ever and ever; and they have no rest, day or night, these worshipers of the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name.”

Revelation 14:9

And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If any one worships the beast and its image, and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand,