Genesis 4:9 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁹ And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: 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

And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood?

Genesis 37:32

and they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat or not.

Genesis 4:10

And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.

Psalm 9:12

For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them: He forgetteth not the cry of the poor.

Psalm 9:13

Have mercy upon me, O LORD; Behold my affliction which I suffer of them that hate me, Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;

Proverbs 28:13

He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper: But whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy.

John 8:44

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and stood not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.