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Genesis 4:14

WEB

14Behold, you have driven me out today from the surface of the ground. I will be hidden from your face, and I will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth. Whoever finds me will kill me.”

KJV

14Behold, thou hast driven me out[+] this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.

BSB

14Behold, 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.”

FBV

14“Look! You're driving me away right now—cursing the ground and banishing me from your presence. I'm going to have to hide and always be on the run, left to wander all over the earth. Anyone who finds me is going to kill me!”

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Extra References

Numbers 35:19

19The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death. When he meets him, he shall put him to death.

Psalms 143:7

7Hurry to answer me, LORD. My spirit fails. Don’t hide your face from me, so that I don’t become like those who go down into the pit.

Job 15:20-24

20the wicked man writhes in pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor. 21A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer will come on him. 22He doesn’t believe that he will return out of darkness. He is waited for by the sword. 23He wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. 24Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

2 Thessalonians 1:9

9who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

Deuteronomy 28:65

65Among these nations you will find no ease, and there will be no rest for the sole of your foot; but the LORD will give you there a trembling heart, failing of eyes, and pining of soul.

Proverbs 28:1

1The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

Matthew 25:46

46These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Numbers 35:21

21or in hostility struck him with his hand, so that he died, he who struck him shall surely be put to death. He is a murderer. The avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death when he meets him.

Numbers 35:27

27and the avenger of blood finds him outside of the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the man slayer, he shall not be guilty of blood,

Genesis 4:15-16

15The LORD said to him, “Therefore whoever slays Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold.” The LORD appointed a sign for Cain, so that anyone finding him would not strike him.

16Cain left the LORD’s presence, and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.