24If Cain shall be avenged seven-fold; Lemech seventy and seven fold.


In Context

21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of those who handle the harp and pipe.

22 And Zillah, she also bore Tubal-Cain, the forger of every kind of tool of brass and iron. And the sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah.

23 And Lemech said to his wives: Adah and Zillah, hear my voice, Ye wives of Lemech, listen to my speech. For I have slain a man for my wound, and a youth for my bruise.

24 If Cain shall be avenged seven-fold; Lemech seventy and seven fold.

25 And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son, and called his name Seth: ... For God has appointed me another seed instead of Abel, because Cain has slain him.

26 And to Seth, to him also was born a son; and he called his name Enosh. Then people began to call on the name of Jehovah.

Genesis 4:24 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:24If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:24If Cain is avenged seven times, then Lamech seventy-seven times."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:24Sevenfold vengeance shall be taken for Cain: but for Lamech seventy times sevenfold.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:24If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, Truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:24If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, Truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:24If Cain shall be avenged seven-fold, truly Lamech seventy and seven-fold.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:24If Cain will be avenged seven times, truly Lamech seventy-seven times.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:24For sevenfold is required for Cain, And for Lamech seventy and sevenfold.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:24If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.