Genesis 4:9 - The Scriptures 2009

⁹ And יהוה said to Qayin, “Where is Heḇel your brother?” And he said, “I do not know. Am I my brother’s guard?”

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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 Yehuḏah said to his brothers, “What would we gain if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?

Genesis 37:32

and sent the long robe and brought it to their father and said, “We have found this. Please look, is it the robe of your son or not?”

Genesis 4:10

And He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.

Psalm 9:12

For He remembers the seekers of bloodshed, He does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

Psalm 9:13

Ḥet Show favour to me, O יהוה! See my affliction by those who hate me, You who lift me up from the gates of death,

Proverbs 28:13

He who hides his transgressions does not prosper, But he who confesses and forsakes them finds compassion.

John 8:44

“You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you wish to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks the lie, he speaks of his own, for he is a liar and the father of it.