And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
Genesis 4:12 - King James Version - American Edition 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. 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, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth 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 doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay 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 mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
and your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her 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 pursueth.
For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope;
But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: