Genesis 4:6
And YHWH says to Cain, “Why do you have displeasure? And why has your countenance fallen?
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
In Context
Cross References
1 Chronicles 13:11And it is displeasing to David, because YHWH has made a breach on Uzza, and one calls that place “Breach of Uzza” to this day.
Isaiah 1:18Now come, and we settle this,” says YHWH, “If your sins are as scarlet, they will be white as snow, || If they are red as crimson, they will be as wool!
Jeremiah 2:31O generation, see the word of YHWH: Have I been a wilderness to Israel? A land of thick darkness? Why have My people said, || We wandered freely, || We do not come to You again.
Jonah 4:9And God says to Jonah: “Is doing good displeasing to you, because of the gourd?” And he says, “To do good is displeasing to me—to death.”
Matthew 20:15is it not lawful to me to do what I will in my own? Is your eye evil because I am good?
John 4:1When therefore the LORD knew that the Pharisees heard that Jesus makes and immerses 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 →