Genesis 4:12
When thou till the ground, it shall not henceforth yield to thee its strength. A fugitive and a wanderer thou shall be on the earth.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
13And Cain said to LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
Cross References
Genesis 3:17And to Adam he said, Because thou have hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shall not eat of it, cursed is the ground for thy sake. In toil thou shall eat of it all
Leviticus 26:20and your strength shall be spent in vain, for your land shall not yield its increase, nor shall the trees of the land yield their fruit.
Deuteronomy 28:23And thy sky that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
Psalms 107:34a fruitful land into a salt desert, for the wickedness of those who dwell therein.
Proverbs 28:17A man who is laden with the blood of any person shall flee to the pit. Let no man stay him.
Hosea 9:17My God will cast them away because they did not hearken to him, and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 4:10-13
Cain's Punishment. ( b. c. 3875.) 9 And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? 10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. 11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; 12 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. We have here a… Read the whole commentary →