Genesis 4:12

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”

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10 “What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.

11 Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.

12 When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”

13 But Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.

14 Behold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”

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Genesis 4:12 in every translation

BSB Berean Standard Bible: When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”
KJV King James Version: When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
WEB World English Bible: From now on, when you till the ground, it won’t yield its strength to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”
ASV American Standard Version: when thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee its strength; a fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be in the earth.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: 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.'
DBY Darby Translation: When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield thee its strength; a wanderer and fugitive shalt thou be on the earth.
WBS Webster Bible: When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield to thee its strength: A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.