Genesis 4:12

Amplified Bible

When you cultivate the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength [it will resist producing good crops] for you; you shall be a fugitive and a vagabond [roaming aimlessly] on the earth [in perpetual exile without a home, a degraded outcast].”

Cross References

Genesis 4:13

Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.

Genesis 4:14

Behold, You have driven me out this day from the face of the land; and from Your face (presence) I will be hidden, and I will be a fugitive and an [aimless] vagabond on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”

Psalm 107:34

A productive land into a [barren] salt waste, Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it. [Gen 13:10; 14:3; 19:25]

Psalm 109:10

Let his children wander and beg; Let them seek their food and be driven far from their ruined homes. [Gen 4:12]

Proverbs 28:17

A man who is burdened with the guilt of human blood (murder) Will be a fugitive until death; let no one support him or give him refuge.

Hosea 9:17

My God will reject them and cast them away Because they did not listen to Him; And they will be wanderers (fugitives) among the nations.

Joel 1:10

The field is ruined, The ground mourns; For the grain is ruined, The new wine is dried up, The fresh oil fails.

Leviticus 26:17

I will set My face against you so that you will be struck down before your enemies; those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one is pursuing you. [1 Sam 4:10; 31:1]

Leviticus 26:20

Your strength will be spent uselessly, for your land will not yield its produce and the trees of the land will not yield their fruit.

Leviticus 26:36

As for those who are left of you, I will bring despair (lack of courage, weakness) into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; the sound of a scattered leaf will put them to flight, and they will flee as if [running] from the sword, and will fall even when no one is chasing them.

Romans 8:20

For the creation was subjected to frustration and futility, not willingly [because of some intentional fault on its part], but by the will of Him who subjected it, in hope [Eccl 1:2]

Deuteronomy 28:15

“But it shall come about, if you do not listen to and obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all His commandments and His statutes which I am commanding you today, then all these curses will come upon you and overtake you: