Genesis 4:12

Translations

Modern

When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”

Traditional

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.

Literal

When you work the ground, it shall not continue to give its strength to you. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”

Latin

Cum operatus fueris eam, non dabit tibi fructus suos: vagus et profugus eris super terram.

Original

Hebrew

English

When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”

Notes

Genesis 4:11–12

Like his father (see 3:9–12, 17–19), God asked Cain questions before he judged him (4:9–10). Adam's sin had already caused the ground to be cursed. Now Cain was cursed and driven away from the land he had farmed because he had polluted it with innocent blood.
a fugitive and a wanderer: God sentenced Cain to endless wandering in a land that offered neither food nor safety. The consequences of sin were becoming worse.

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