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Genesis 4:12
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10 And He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood acries out to Me from the ground.  
11 So now ayou are cursed from the earth, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.  
12 When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength to you. A fugitive and a vagabond you shall be on the earth.”
13 And Cain said to the Lord, “My1 punishment is greater than I can bear!  
14 Surely You have driven me out this day from the face of the ground; aI shall be bhidden from Your face; I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond on the earth, and it will happen that canyone who finds me will kill me.”  
15 And the Lord said to him,1 “Therefore, whoever kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him asevenfold.” And the Lord set a bmark on Cain, lest anyone finding him should kill him.  

The Family of Cain

16 Then Cain awent out from the bpresence of the Lord and dwelt in the land of1 Nod on the east of Eden.  
Verse Comparison: Genesis 4:12

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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.

Amplified® Bible
When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength; you shall be a fugitive and a vagabond on the earth [in perpetual exile, a degraded outcast].

Contemporary English Version
If you try to farm the land, it won't produce anything for you. From now on, you'll be without a home, and you'll spend the rest of your life wandering from place to place.

Darby English Version
When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield thee its strength; a wanderer and fugitive shalt thou be on the earth.

Good News Bible
If you try to grow crops, the soil will not produce anything; you will be a homeless wanderer on the earth."

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.

New American Standard Bible
"When you cultivate the ground, it will no longer yield its strength to you; you will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth."

New International Version
When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth."

New King James Version
When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength to you. A fugitive and a vagabond you shall be on the earth.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"When you cultivate the ground, it will no longer yield its strength to you; you will become a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth."

Revised Standard Version
When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength; you shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth."

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.'

New English Translation
When you try to cultivate1 the ground it will no longer yield2 its best3 for you. You will be a homeless wanderer4 on the earth.”


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