Devine Scripture

Genesis 4:7

Genesis chapter 4 · verse 7 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

If thou doest well, shall it not be lifted up? and if thou doest not well, sin coucheth at the door; and unto thee shall be its desire; but do thou rule over it.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

If thou doest well, shall it not be lifted up? and if thou doest not well, sin coucheth at the door; and unto thee shall be its desire; but do thou rule over it.

Context

v.6And Jehovah said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

v.7This passage

v.8And Cain told Abel his brother. And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

Cross references

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

  • Romans 12:1

    I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

  • Hebrews 11:4

    By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had witness borne to him that he was righteous, God bearing witness in respect of his gifts: and through it he being dead yet speaketh.

  • Ecclesiastes 8:12

    Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and prolong his days, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, that fear before him:

  • Romans 14:18

    For he that herein serveth Christ is well-pleasing to God, and approved of men.

  • Job 29:4

    As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was upon my tent;

  • Ephesians 1:6

    to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved: