Genesis 4:12 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) From now on, when you till the ground, it won't yield its strength to you. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth.* Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 when thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength; you shall be a fugitive and a vagabond on the earth [in perpetual exile, a degraded outcast]. American Standard Version (1901) when thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee its strength; a fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be in the earth. Common English Bible When you farm the fertile land, it will no longer grow anything for you, and you will become a roving nomad on the earth.” Catholic Public Domain Version When you work it, it will not give you its fruit; a vagrant and a fugitive shall you be upon the land." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version When thou shalt till it, it shall not yield to thee its fruit: a fugitive and vagabond shalt thou be upon the earth. |
Behold, you have driven me out this day from the surface of the ground. I will be hidden from your face, and I will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth. It will happen that whoever finds me will kill me.*
and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins.
A man who is tormented by life blood will be a fugitive until death; no one will support him.
My God will cast them away, because they did not listen to him; and they will be wanderers among the nations.
The field is laid waste. The land mourns, for the grain is destroyed, The new wine has dried up, and the oil languishes.
I will set my face against you, and you will be struck before your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you; and you will flee when no one pursues you.
and your strength will be spent in vain; for your land won't yield its increase, neither will the trees of the land yield their fruit.
*'As for those of you who are left, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies: and the sound of a driven leaf will put them to flight; and they shall flee, as one flees from the sword; and they will fall when no one pursues.
For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but because of him who subjected it, in hope
But it shall come to pass, if you will not listen to the voice of the LORD your God, to observe to do all his mitzvot and his statutes which I command you this day, that all these curses shall come on you, and overtake you.