Genesis 4:6

Modern

“Why are you angry,” said the LORD to Cain, “and why has your countenance fallen?

Traditional

And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

Literal

And YHWH said to Cain, “Why has it burned to you, and why has your face fallen?

Latin

Dixitque Dominus ad eum: Quare iratus es? et cur concidit facies tua?

Hebrew

English

“Why are you angry,” said the LORD to Cain, “and why has your countenance fallen?

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah 1:18
“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.
Job 5:2
For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
Luke 15:31–32
‘Son, you are always with me,’ the father said, ‘and all that is mine is yours.
Jeremiah 2:31
You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no more’?
Micah 6:3–5
‘My people, what have I done to you? Testify against Me how I have wearied you!
Matthew 20:15
Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
Jeremiah 2:5
This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me? They followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves.
John 4:8–11
(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

Cain: Adam and Eve's firstborn son, killed his brother Abel