KJV King James Version
And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment [is] greater than I can bear.
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Genesis 4:13
And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment [is] greater than I can bear.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.
WEB World English Bible
Cain said to Yahweh, “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;
Surrounding context — Genesis 4
10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.
11 And now [art] thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;
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.
13 And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment [is] greater than I can bear.
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.
15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
16 And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
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Job 15:22He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.Revelation 16:9And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.Revelation 16:11And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.Revelation 16:21And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, [every stone] about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
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