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Genesis 4:15

WEB

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.

KJV

15And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.

BSB

15Not so!”[+] the LORD. “If anyone slays Cain, then Cain will be avenged sevenfold.” And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him.

FBV

15But the Lord replied, “No, Cain. Anyone who kills you will be punished seven times over.” The Lord placed a mark on Cain so that no one who came across him would kill him.

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Extra References

Ezekiel 9:4

4The LORD said to him, “Go through the middle of the city, through the middle of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done within it.”


Psalms 79:12

12Pay back to our neighbors seven times into their bosom their reproach with which they have reproached you, Lord.


Ezekiel 9:6

6Kill utterly the old man, the young man, the virgin, little children and women; but don’t come near any man on whom is the mark. Begin at my sanctuary.” Then they began at the old men who were before the house.


Genesis 4:24

24If Cain will be avenged seven times, truly Lamech seventy-seven times.”


Revelation 14:11

11The smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. They have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.


Revelation 14:9

9Another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a great voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand,


Leviticus 26:18

18“‘If you in spite of these things will not listen to me, then I will chastise you seven times more for your sins.


Leviticus 26:24

24then I will also walk contrary to you; and I will strike you, even I, seven times for your sins.


Leviticus 26:28

28then I will walk contrary to you in wrath. I will also chastise you seven times for your sins.


Hosea 1:4

4The LORD said to him, “Call his name Jezreel, for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel on the house of Jehu, and will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease.