Genesis 4:12
When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield its strength unto thee; fugitive and vagabond shalt thou be on the earth.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
13And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
Cross References
Genesis 3:17And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it; cursed be the ground for thy sake; in pain shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.
Leviticus 26:20And in vain shall your strength be spent; for your land shall not yield her products, and the tree of the land shall not yield its fruit.
Deuteronomy 28:23And thy heavens that are over thy head shall be copper, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
Psalms 107:34A fruitful land into a salty waste, for the wickedness of those that dwell therein.
Proverbs 28:17A man oppressed by the load of having shed human blood will flee even to the pit: let no man hold him.
Hosea 9:17My God will reject them, because they did not hearken unto 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 →