KJV King James Version
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.
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Genesis 4:15
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Not so!” replied the LORD. “If anyone slays Cain, then Cain will be avenged sevenfold.” And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him.
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh said to him, “Therefore whoever slays Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold.” Yahweh appointed a sign for Cain, lest any finding him should strike him.
ASV American Standard Version
And Jehovah said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And Jehovah appointed a sign for Cain, lest any finding him should smite him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith to him, ‘Therefore—of any slayer of Cain sevenfold it is required;’ and Jehovah setteth to Cain a token that none finding him doth slay him.
Surrounding context — 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.
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.
17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֧אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayל֣וֹH9033 · ohimיְהוָ֗הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDלָכֵן֙H3651 · kenrightכָּל־H3605 · kolallהֹרֵ֣גH2026 · ha.ragto killקַ֔יִןH7014 · qa.yinKainשִׁבְעָתַ֖יִםH7659 · shiv.a.ta.yimsevenfoldיֻקָּ֑םH5358 · na.qamto avengeוַיָּ֨שֶׂםH7760 · sumto set: makeיְהוָ֤הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDלְקַ֙יִן֙H7014 · qa.yinKainא֔וֹתH226 · otsign: miraculousלְבִלְתִּ֥יH1115 · bil.tilestהַכּוֹת־H5221 · na.khahto smiteאֹת֖וֹH853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolallמֹצְאֽוֹ׃H4672 · ma.tsato find
Cross-references
Ezekiel 9:4And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.Psalm 79:12And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.Genesis 4:24If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.Ezekiel 9:6Slay utterly old [and] young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom [is] the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which [were] before the house.Revelation 14:9And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive [his] mark in his forehead, or in his hand,Revelation 14:11And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.1 Kings 16:7And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him.Psalm 59:11Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.Hosea 1:4And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little [while], and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.Leviticus 26:18And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.Leviticus 26:21And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.Leviticus 26:24Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.Matthew 26:52Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.Leviticus 26:28Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.Proverbs 6:31But [if] he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
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