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Genesis 4:6

And LORD said to Cain, Why are thou angry? And why has thy countenance fallen?

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

In Context

5but he did not have respect to Cain and to his offering. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.

7If thou do well, shall thou not be accepted? And if thou do not well, sin crouches at the door. Its desire shall be for thee, and thou shall rule over it.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 13:11And David was displeased, because LORD had broken forth upon Uzza. And he called that place Perez-uzza, to this day.

Isaiah 1:18Come now, and let us reason together, says LORD, though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Jeremiah 2:31O generation, see ye the word of LORD. Have I been a wilderness to Israel, or a land of thick darkness? Why do my people say, We have broken loose. We will come no more to thee?

Jonah 4:9And God said to Jonah, Do thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even to death.

Matthew 20:15Is it not permitted for me to do what I want with my own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?

John 4:1When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and immersing more disciples than John

Matthew Henry on Genesis 4:4-6

3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord . 4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering: 5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. Here we have, I. The devotions of Cain and Abel. In process of time, when they had made some improvement in their respective callings (Heb. At the end of… Read the whole commentary →

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