12when thou tillest the ground, it doth not add to give its strength to thee — a wanderer, even a trembling one, thou art in the earth.'


In Context

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

10 And He saith, 'What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood is crying unto Me from the ground;

11 and now, cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive the blood of thy brother from thy hand;

12 when thou tillest the ground, it doth not add to give its strength to thee — a wanderer, even a trembling one, thou art in the earth.'

13 And Cain saith unto Jehovah, 'Greater is my punishment than to be borne;

14 lo, Thou hast driven me to-day from off the face of the ground, and from Thy face I am hid; and I have been a wanderer, even a trembling one, in the earth, and it hath been — every one finding me doth slay me.'

Genesis 4:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:12When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:12When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:12When thou shalt till it, it shall not yield to thee its fruit: a fugitive and vagabond shalt thou be upon the earth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:12when thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee its strength; a fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be in the earth.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:12When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield thee its strength; a wanderer and fugitive shalt thou be on the earth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:12when thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be in the earth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:12When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield to thee its strength: A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:12From now on, when you till the ground, it won't yield its strength to you. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth.|

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:12When you till the ground, it shall not from now on yield to you her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shall you be in the earth.