Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And Cain saith unto Jehovah, 'Greater is my punishment than to be borne;
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.
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, it doth not add to give its strength to thee -- a wanderer, even a trembling one, thou art in the earth.' 13 And Cain saith unto Jehovah, 'Greater is my punishment than to be borne; 14 lo, Thou hast driven me to-day from off the face of the ground, and from Thy face I am hid; and I have been a wanderer, even a trembling one, in the earth, and it hath been -- every one finding me doth slay me.'
Phrases
Cross References
Job 15:22
He believeth not to return from darkness, And watched is he for the sword.
Revelation 16:9
and men were scorched with great heat, and they did speak evil of the name of God, who hath authority over these plagues, and they did not reform -- to give to Him glory.
Revelation 16:11
and they did speak evil of the God of the heaven, from their pains, and from their sores, and they did not reform from their works.
Revelation 16:21
and great hail (as of talent weight) doth come down out of the heaven upon men, and men did speak evil of God because of the plague of the hail, because its plague is very great.