And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
Genesis 4:12 - King James 2000 When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield unto you its strength; a fugitive and a wanderer shall you be 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. |
And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
Behold, you have driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from your face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that anyone that finds me shall slay me.
A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
A man that does violence to the blood of any person shall flee to a pit; let no man help him.
My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
The field is wasted, the land mourns; for the grain is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languishes.
And I will set my face against you, and you shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and you shall flee when none pursues you.
And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield its increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursues.
For the creation was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who has subjected the same in hope,
But it shall come to pass, if you will not hearken unto the voice of the LORD your God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command you this day; that all these curses shall come upon you, and overtake you: