Genesis 4:11
And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;
Genesis 4:11 in other translations
| BSB | Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. |
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| WEB | Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. |
| ASV | And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand; |
| YLT | and now, cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive the blood of thy brother from thy hand; |
| DARBY | And now be thou cursed from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. |
| BBE | And now you are cursed from the earth, whose mouth is open to take your brother's blood from your hand; |
| Webster | And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; |
What does Genesis 4:11 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 4:11-12
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 4:8-15
Malice in the heart ends in murder by the hands. Cain slew Abel, his own brother, his own mother's son, whom he ought to have loved; his younger brother, whom he ought to have protected; a good brother, who had never done him any wrong. What fatal effects were these of our first parents' sin, and how must their hearts have been filled with anguish! Observe the pride, unbelief, and impenitence of Cain. He denies the…
Genesis 4:11 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 4:11
- Galatians 3:10
For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
- Job 16:18
O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
- Genesis 3:14
And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
- Deuteronomy 28:15-20
But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. …
- Job 31:38-40
If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain; If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life: Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
- Genesis 4:14
Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
- Isaiah 26:21
For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
- Deuteronomy 27:16-26
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen. Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen. Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen. …
- Revelation 12:16
And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
- Deuteronomy 29:19-21
And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: The Lord will not spare him, but then the anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven. And the Lord shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law:
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Context
- Genesis 4:10
And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.
- Genesis 4:11
And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;
- Genesis 4:12
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.
Genesis 4:11 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Ahora pues, maldito seas tú de la tierra que abrió su boca para recibir la sangre de tu hermano de tu mano: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et maintenant, tu es maudit de la terre qui a ouvert sa bouche pour recevoir de ta main le sang de ton frère. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und nun, verflucht seiest du von dem Erdboden hinweg, der seinen Mund aufgetan hat, das Blut deines Bruders von deiner Hand zu empfangen! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Nunc igitur maledictus eris super terram, quæ aperuit os suum, et suscepit sanguinem fratris tui de manu tua. |