Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

And he will say, What didst thou? the voice of thy brother's bloods, crying out to me from the earth.

New American Standard Bible

He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to Me from the ground.

King James Version

And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.

Holman Bible

Then He said, “What have you done? Your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground!

International Standard Version

"What did you do?" God asked. "Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground.

A Conservative Version

And he said, What have thou done? The voice of thy brother's blood cries to me from the ground.

American Standard Version

And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.

Amplified

The Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s [innocent] blood is crying out to Me from the ground [for justice].

Bible in Basic English

And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the earth.

Darby Translation

And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.

King James 2000

And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood cries unto me from the ground.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And he said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground.

Modern King James verseion

And He said, What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries to Me from the ground.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And he said, "What hast thou done? The voice of thy brother's blood cryeth unto me out of the earth.

NET Bible

But the Lord said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground!

New Heart English Bible

The LORD said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries to me from the ground.

The Emphasized Bible

And he said, What hast thou done? With a voice, the shed-blood of thy brother is crying out to me from the ground,

Webster

And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth to me from the ground.

World English Bible

Yahweh said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries to me from the ground.

Youngs Literal Translation

And He saith, 'What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood is crying unto Me from the ground;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מה מ־ מ־ מה מה 
Mah 
Usage: 751

the voice
קל קול 
Qowl 
Usage: 506

דּם 
Dam 
Usage: 359

צעק 
Tsa`aq 
Usage: 55

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Genesis 4:10

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Smith

Context Readings

Cain And Abel

9 And Jehovah will say to Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? and he will say, I know not: am I my brother's watcher? 10 And he will say, What didst thou? the voice of thy brother's bloods, crying out to me from the earth. 11 And now cursed art thou, from the earth, which opened her mouth to take thy brother's bloods from thy hand.

Cross References

Hebrews 12:24

And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, speaking better things than Abel.

Genesis 3:13

And Jehovah God will say to the woman, What is this thou didst? And the woman will say, The serpent deceived me and I shall eat.

Revelation 6:9-10

And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of the slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they had:

Genesis 9:5

And surely, your blood of your lives I will search out, from the hand of every living thing I will search it out, and from the hand of man; from the hand of a man's brother I will search out the life of man.

Genesis 18:20

And Jehovah will say, The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah became great, and because their sin was exceedingly heavy,

Exodus 3:7

And Jehovah will say, Seeing, I saw the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and I heard their cry from the face of their pressers; and I knew their pains.

Numbers 35:33

And ye shall not pollute the land which ye are in it: for blood it will pollute the land: and for the land it will not be expiated for the blood which was poured out upon it but by the blood of him shedding.

Joshua 7:19

And Joshua will say to Achan, My son, set now, honor to Jehovah the God of Israel, and give to him confession; and announce now to me what thou didst; thou shalt not hide from me.

2 Kings 9:26

But the bloods of Naboth and the bloods of his sons did I not see yester-night, said Jehovah; and I requited to thee in this portion, said Jehovah. And now lift up, and cast him into the portion according to the word of Jehovah.

Job 16:18

O earth, thou wilt not cover my blood; and shall there not be place for my cry?

Job 24:12

From the city men will groan, and the soul of the wounded will cry out: and God will not set folly.

Job 31:38-39

If my land shall cry against me, and its, furrows shall weep together;

Psalm 9:12

For he sought out bloods, be remembered them: he forget not the cry of the humble.

Psalm 50:21

These things thou didst and I was silent; thou thoughtest, being, I shall be like to thee: I will reprove thee, and I will set it in order before thine eyes.

Psalm 72:14

From oppression and from violence he will redeem their soul, and their blood shall be precious in his eyes.

Isaiah 5:7

For the vineyard of Jehovah of armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah the plant of his pleasures: and he will wait for judgment, and behold bloodshed; for justice, and behold a cry.

Acts 5:3

And Peter said, Ananias, wherefore filled Satan thy heart, for thee to belie the Holy Spirit, and separate from the price of the farm

Acts 5:9

And Peter said to her, For what was it agreed by you to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them having interred thy husband at the door, and they shall carry thee out.

Hebrews 11:4

By faith Abel brought near a greater sacrifice to God than Cain, by which he was testified of to be just, God testifying of his gifts; and by it he being dead yet speaks.

James 5:4

Behold, the hire of laborers having reaped your farms, withheld by you, cries out, and the cries of the reapers have entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

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