Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
So now you are cursed, alienated, from the ground that opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood you have shed.
New American Standard Bible
Now
King James Version
And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;
International Standard Version
Now you're more cursed than the ground, which has opened to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
A Conservative Version
And now cursed are thou from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
American Standard Version
And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;
Amplified
And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s [shed] blood from your hand.
Bible in Basic English
And now you are cursed from the earth, whose mouth is open to take your brother's blood from your hand;
Darby Translation
And now be thou cursed from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
Julia Smith Translation
And now cursed art thou, from the earth, which opened her mouth to take thy brother's bloods from thy hand.
King James 2000
And now are you cursed from the earth, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand;
Lexham Expanded Bible
So now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive the blood of your brother from your hand.
Modern King James verseion
And now you are cursed more than the ground which opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And now cursed be thou as pertaining to the earth, which opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood of thine hand.
NET Bible
So now, you are banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
New Heart English Bible
Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
The Emphasized Bible
Now therefore, accursed, art thou, - from the ground which hath opened her mouth, to receive the shed-blood of thy brother at thy hand.
Webster
And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;
World English Bible
Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
Youngs Literal Translation
and now, cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive the blood of thy brother from thy hand;
Themes
Abel » Son of adam. History of
Cain » Son of adam » Jealousy and crime of
Curse » Denounced » Against cain
Escape » None, from the judgments of God
Homicide » Instances of the punishment of murderers » Cain
Judgments » Upon individuals--exemplified » Cain
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 4:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Cain And Abel
10
Then He said, “What have you done? Your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground!
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 3:14
Then the Lord God said to the serpent:
you are cursed more than any livestock
and more than any wild animal.
You will move on your belly
and eat dust all the days of your life.
Deuteronomy 28:15-20
“But if you do not obey the Lord your God by carefully following all His commands and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come and overtake you:
Galatians 3:10
For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse,
Genesis 4:14
Since You are banishing me today from the soil, and I must hide myself from Your presence and become a restless wanderer on the earth, whoever finds me will kill me.”
Deuteronomy 27:16-26
And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
Deuteronomy 29:19-21
When someone hears the words of this oath, he may consider himself exempt,
Job 16:18
may my cry for help find no resting place.
Job 31:38-40
and its furrows join in weeping,
Isaiah 26:21
to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity.
The earth will reveal the blood shed on it
and will no longer conceal her slain.
Revelation 12:16
But the earth helped the woman. The earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the river that the dragon had spewed from his mouth.