Genesis 4:12 “When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you.…”

Genesis 4:12

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.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

From now on, when you till the ground, it won’t yield its strength to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth.”

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

When thou shalt till the grounde, it shall not henceforth yeelde vnto thee her strength: a vagabond and a runnagate shalt thou be in the earth.

Darby Translation

When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield thee its strength; a wanderer and fugitive shalt thou be 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.'

Bible in Basic English

No longer will the earth give you her fruit as the reward of your work; you will be a wanderer in flight over the earth.

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Cross references

“it”

Leviticus 26:20 Romans 8:20 Genesis 3:17 Genesis 3:18 Deuteronomy 28:23 Deuteronomy 28:24

Leviticus 26:20 · BSB

and your strength will be spent in vain. For your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit.

Romans 8:20 · BSB

For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope

Genesis 3:17 · BSB

And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the day…

Genesis 3:18 · BSB

Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.

Deuteronomy 28:23 · BSB

The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.

Deuteronomy 28:24 · BSB

The LORD will turn the rain of your land into dust and powder; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed.

“a fugitive”

Hosea 9:17 Leviticus 26:36 Genesis 4:14 Psalm 109:10 Deuteronomy 28:65 Deuteronomy 28:66

Hosea 9:17 · BSB

My God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.

Leviticus 26:36 · BSB

As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and…

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.”

Psalm 109:10 · BSB

May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.

Deuteronomy 28:65 · BSB

Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.

Deuteronomy 28:66 · BSB

So your life will hang in doubt before you, and you will be afraid night and day, never certain of survival.

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

In context

11Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.

13But Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.

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