9And the LORD said to Cain, Where is Abel your brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?


In Context

6 And the LORD said to Cain, Why are you wroth? and why is your countenance fallen?

7 If you do well, shall you not be accepted? and if you do not well, sin lies at the door. And to you shall be his desire, and you shall rule over him.

8 And Cain talked with 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.

9 And the LORD said to Cain, Where is Abel your brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?

10 And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood cries to me from the ground.

11 And now are you cursed from the earth, which has opened her mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand;

Genesis 4:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:9And the LORD said unto Cain, Where [is] Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: [Am] I my brother’s keeper?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:9Then the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" "I don't know," he replied. "Am I my brother's keeper?"

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:9And the Lord said to Cain: Where is thy brother Abel? And he answered, I know not: am I my brother's keeper?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:9And Jehovah said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: am I my brother's keeper?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:9And Jehovah said to Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: am I my brother's keeper?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:9And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: am I my brother's keeper?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:9And the LORD said to Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:9Yahweh said to Cain, |Where is Abel, your brother?| He said, |I don't know. Am I my brother's keeper?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:9And Jehovah saith unto Cain, 'Where is Abel thy brother?' and he saith, 'I have not known; my brother's keeper — I?'