Genesis 4:11 “Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its…”

Genesis 4:11

Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;

World English Bible

Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.

American Standard Version

And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;

Geneva Bible 1599

Now therefore thou art cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receiue thy brothers blood from thine hand.

Darby Translation

And now be thou cursed from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.

Young's Literal Translation

and now, cursed [art] thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive the blood of thy brother from thy hand;

Bible in Basic English

And now you are cursed from the earth, whose mouth is open to take your brother's blood from your hand;

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Cross references

“And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath”

Galatians 3:10 Genesis 3:14 Deuteronomy 28:15–20 Genesis 4:14 Deuteronomy 27:16–26 Deuteronomy 29:19–21

Galatians 3:10 · BSB

All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”

Genesis 3:14 · BSB

So the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly will you go, and dust you will eat, all the days of your life.

Deuteronomy 28:15–20 · BSB

If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

Genesis 4:14 · BSB

Behold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”

Deuteronomy 27:16–26 · BSB

‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

Deuteronomy 29:19–21 · BSB

because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land…

“opened”

Job 16:18 Job 31:38–40 Isaiah 26:21 Revelation 12:16

Job 16:18 · BSB

O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry for help never be laid to rest.

Job 31:38–40 · BSB

if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,

Isaiah 26:21 · BSB

For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain.

Revelation 12:16 · BSB

But the earth helped the woman and opened its mouth to swallow up the river that the dragon had poured from his mouth.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10“What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.

12When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”

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