Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is too great to bear!
King James Version
And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
Holman Bible
But Cain answered the Lord, “My punishment
International Standard Version
"My punishment is too great to bear," Cain told the LORD.
A Conservative Version
And Cain said to LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
American Standard Version
And Cain said unto Jehovah, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
Amplified
Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.
Bible in Basic English
And Cain said, My punishment is greater than my strength.
Darby Translation
And Cain said to Jehovah, My punishment is too great to be borne.
Julia Smith Translation
And Cain will say to Jehovah, My sin is great, above bearing.
King James 2000
And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Cain said to Yahweh, "My punishment [is] greater than [I can] bear.
Modern King James verseion
And Cain said to Jehovah, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Cain said unto the LORD, "My sin is greater, than that it may be forgiven.
NET Bible
Then Cain said to the Lord, "My punishment is too great to endure!
New Heart English Bible
Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment is greater than I can bear.
The Emphasized Bible
And Cain said unto Yahweh - Greater is my punishment than I can bear.
Webster
And Cain said to the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
World English Bible
Cain said to Yahweh, "My punishment is greater than I can bear.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Cain saith unto Jehovah, 'Greater is my punishment than to be borne;
Themes
Abel » Son of adam. History of
Cain » Son of adam » Jealousy and crime of
Curse » Denounced » Against cain
Despondency » Instances of » Cain, when God pronounced judgment upon him for the murder of abel
Homicide » Instances of the punishment of murderers » Cain
Murmuring » Exemplified » Cain
Murmuring » Instances of » Cain
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 4:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Cain And Abel
12 when thou tillest the ground, from now on it shall not yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. 13 Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is too great to bear! 14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I hide; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass that anyone that finds me shall slay me.
Phrases
Cross References
Job 15:22
He will not believe that he shall return out of darkness, and he is always watching the sword.
Revelation 16:9
And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, who has authority over these plagues; and they did not repent to give him glory.
Revelation 16:11
and blasphemed the God of the heaven because of their pains and their sores and did not repent of their deeds.
Revelation 16:21
And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent; and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.