Genesis 4:13
World English Bible (WEB)
Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.
In context
11 Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
12 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.”
13 Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.
14 Behold, you have driven me out today from the surface of the ground. I will be hidden from your face, and I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth. Whoever finds me will kill me.”
15 The LORD said to him, “Therefore whoever slays Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold.” The LORD appointed a sign for Cain, so that anyone finding him would not strike him.
Genesis 4:13 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.
- KJV King James Version
- And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And Cain said unto Jehovah, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And Cain saith unto Jehovah, 'Greater is my punishment than to be borne;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And Cain said to Jehovah, My punishment is too great to be borne.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And Cain said to the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.