Genesis 4:12

Genesis chapter 4 · verse 12 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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.

King James Version · 1611

When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

v.11And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;

v.12This passage

v.13And Cain said unto Jehovah, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Hosea 9:17
My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
Leviticus 26:36
And as for them that are left of you, I will send a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies: and the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as one fleeth from the sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
Genesis 4:14
Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the ground; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth; and it will come to pass, that whosoever findeth me will slay me.
Deuteronomy 28:23
And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
Jeremiah 20:3
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashhur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, Jehovah hath not called thy name Pashhur, but Magor-missabib.
Leviticus 26:20
and your strength shall be spent in vain; for your land shall not yield its increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruit.