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 is too great to bear!

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And Cain
קין 
Qayin 
Usage: 19

unto the Lord

Usage: 0

עוון עון 
`avon 
Usage: 230

is greater
גּדל גּדול 
Gadowl 
Usage: 528

References

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Smith

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.'


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.

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