Genesis 4:8 - Tree of Life Version

⁸ Cain spoke to Abel his brother. While they were in the field, Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ And Cain said to his brother, Let us go out to the field. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him. [I John 3:12.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ And Cain told Abel his brother. And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

Common English Bible

⁸ Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” When they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ And Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let us go outside." And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and he put him to death.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ And Cain said to Abel his brother: Let us go forth abroad. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and slew him.

Genesis 4:8 Cross References

Genesis 4:25

Adam was intimate with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and she named him Seth, “For God has appointed me another seed in place of Abel—since Cain killed him.”

2 Samuel 14:6

“Your handmaid had two sons, but the two of them fought with each other in the field, where there was no one to separate them. So one struck the other and killed him.

2 Samuel 3:27

Now when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside within the gate to speak with him privately, and there stabbed him in the groin, so that he died—on account of the blood of his brother Asahel.

2 Chronicles 21:4

Now when Jehoram had risen over his father’s kingdom and made himself strong, he slew all his brothers with the sword, along with some of the officers of Israel.

Nehemiah 6:2

Sanballat and Geshem sent word to me, saying, “Come, let us meet together in one of the villages in the plain of Ono.” But they were scheming to do me harm.

Job 11:15

then you will lift up your face without reproach; you will stand firm and without fear.

Psalm 139:19

If only You would slay the wicked, O God! Away from me, you bloody men!

Psalm 36:3

For he flatters himself in his own eyes, too much to notice his iniquity —or hate it.

Psalm 55:21

My companion put forth his hands against those at peace with him, as he violates his covenant.

Hosea 4:2

Curse, deceive, murder, steal, commit adultery! They practice violence, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.

Micah 7:6

For son treats father with contempt; daughter rises up against mother; daughter-in-law against mother-in-law: a man’s enemies are the people of his own house.

Numbers 35:20

“If anyone pushes someone maliciously, or throws anything at him with deadly intent,

Matthew 23:35

And so, upon you shall come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the Temple and the altar.

Luke 11:51

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the one who perished between the altar and the house of God. Yes, I tell you, it will be required from this generation.’

Luke 22:48

But Yeshua said to him, “Judah, with a kiss you betray the Son of Man?”

Hebrews 11:4

By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain. Through faith he was commended as righteous when God approved of his gifts. And through faith he still speaks, although he is dead.

Hebrews 12:24

and to Yeshua, the Mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks of something better than the blood of Abel.

Jude 1:11

Woe to them! For they went the way of Cain; they were consumed for pay in Balaam’s error; and in Korah’s rebellion they have been destroyed.