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And the Lord said to Cain, Why are you angry? and why is your face sad?

New American Standard Bible

Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen?

King James Version

And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

Holman Bible

Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you furious? And why do you look despondent?

International Standard Version

When Cain became very upset and depressed, the LORD asked Cain, "Why are you so upset? Why are you depressed?

A Conservative Version

And LORD said to Cain, Why are thou angry? And why has thy countenance fallen?

American Standard Version

And Jehovah said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

Amplified

And the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you so angry? And why do you look annoyed?

Darby Translation

And Jehovah said to Cain, Why art thou angry, and why is thy countenance fallen?

Julia Smith Translation

And Jehovah will say to Cain, Why art thou angry, and why does thy countenance fall?

King James 2000

And the LORD said unto Cain, Why are you angry? and why is your countenance fallen?

Lexham Expanded Bible

And Yahweh said to Cain, "Why are you angry, and why is your face fallen?

Modern King James verseion

And Jehovah said to Cain, Why have you angrily glowed? And why did your face fall?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And the LORD said unto Cain, "Why art thou angry, and why lowerest thou? Knowest thou not, if thou dost well thou shalt receive it?

NET Bible

Then the Lord said to Cain, "Why are you angry, and why is your expression downcast?

New Heart English Bible

The LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why has the expression of your face fallen?

The Emphasized Bible

So then Yahweh said unto Cain, - Wherefore hath it angered thee, and wherefore hath thy countenance fallen?

Webster

And the LORD said to Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

World English Bible

Yahweh said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why has the expression of your face fallen?

Youngs Literal Translation

And Jehovah saith unto Cain, 'Why hast thou displeasure? and why hath thy countenance fallen?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the Lord

Usage: 0

קין 
Qayin 
Usage: 19

Why art thou wroth
חרה 
Charah 
Usage: 91

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Smith

Context Readings

Cain And Abel

5 But in Cain and his offering he had no pleasure. And Cain was angry and his face became sad. 6 And the Lord said to Cain, Why are you angry? and why is your face sad? 7 If you do well, will you not have honour? and if you do wrong, sin is waiting at the door, desiring to have you, but do not let it be your master.


Cross References

1 Chronicles 13:11-13

And David was angry because of the Lord's outburst of wrath against Uzza, and he gave that place the name Perez-uzza, to this day.

Job 5:2

For wrath is the cause of death to the foolish, and he who has no wisdom comes to his end through passion.

Isaiah 1:18

Come now, and let us have an argument together, says the Lord: how may your sins which are red like blood be white as snow? how may their dark purple seem like wool?

Jeremiah 2:5

These are the words of the Lord: What evil have your fathers seen in me that they have gone far from me, and, walking after what is false, have become false?

Jeremiah 2:31

O generation, see the word of the Lord. Have I been a waste land to Israel? or a land of dark night? why do my people say, We have got loose, we will not come to you again?

Micah 6:3-5

O my people, what have I done to you? how have I been a weariness to you? give answer against me.

Matthew 20:15

Have I not the right to do as seems good to me in my house? or is your eye evil, because I am good?

Luke 15:31-32

And he said to him, Son, you are with me at all times, and all I have is yours.

John 4:1-4

Now when it was clear to the Lord that word had come to the ears of the Pharisees that Jesus was making more disciples than John and was giving them baptism

John 4:8-11

For his disciples had gone to the town to get food.

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