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


In Context

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."

8 Now Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out to the field." And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

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

10 The Lord said, "What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground.

11 Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its 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 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?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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