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Genesis 4:12

World English Bible

From now on, when you till the ground, it won’t yield its strength to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth.”

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Genesis 4:12 in other translations

when thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee its strength; a fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be in the earth.

Genesis 4:12 · American Standard Version

Genesis 4:12 in context

  1. 10Yahweh said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries to me from the ground.
  2. 11Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
  3. 12From now on, when you till the ground, it won’t yield its strength to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth.”
  4. 13Cain said to Yahweh, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.
  5. 14Behold, you have driven me out today from the surface of the ground. I will be hidden from your face, and I will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth. Whoever finds me will kill me.”