Genesis 4:6

Yahweh said to Cain, “◄You should not be angry!/Why are you angry?► [RHQ] ◄You should not scowl like that!/Why do you scowl like that?► [RHQ]

Translation for Translators

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 was not pleased with Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his face looked dejected.

7If you had done what was right (OR, if you do what is right) [RHQ], I would accept your offering. But if you do not do what is right, your desire to sin is ready to attack you like a wild animal that [PRS] crouches outside the doorway, ready to spring on its victim [MET]. Your desire to sin wants to control you, but you must ◄control/not obey► it.”

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 13:11David was angry because Yahweh had punished [MTY] Uzzah. And now that place where Uzzah died is called ‘The Punishment of Uzzah’.

Isaiah 1:18Yahweh says, “You need to think about the results of what you do. Even though the guilt of your sins be as evident and as difficult to get rid of as [SIM] red stains on a white garment [DOU], I will get rid of them completely like someone who can make that stained garment become as white as snow or wool [DOU].

Jeremiah 2:31You people of Israel, pay attention to what I say. I have certainly [RHQ] never abandoned you in a desert; I have never left you in a land full of darkness. So, why do you, my people, say ‘We are free from God’s control; we will not return to worship God any more’?

Jonah 4:9But God asked Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about what happened to the vine?” Jonah replied, “ Yes, it is right! Now I am very angry and I want to die!”

Matthew 20:15I certainly have a right to spend my money as I desire [RHQ], including paying those laborers what I desire to pay them. ◄You should not be envious about my being generous!/Are you angry [MET] because I am generous?► [RHQ]’”

John 4:1At that time, many people were asking Jesus to baptize them. He did not baptize people; it was we his disciples who were doing the baptizing. But when some of the Pharisee religious group heard people say that Jesus was making more disciples than John the Baptizer and was baptizing them, they became very jealous.

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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