5but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.


In Context

2 Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil.

3 In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the Lord .

4 But Abel brought fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering,

5 but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.

6 Then the Lord said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast?

7 If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it."

Genesis 4:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:5But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:5But to Cain and his offerings he had no respect: and Cain was exceedingly angry, and his countenance fell.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:5but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:5and upon Cain, and on his offering, he did not look. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:5but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:5But to Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:5but he didn't respect Cain and his offering. Cain was very angry, and the expression on his face fell.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:5and unto Cain and unto his present He hath not looked; and it is very displeasing to Cain, and his countenance is fallen.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:5But to Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.