Genesis 4:6

And the Lord God said to Cain, Why are you become very sorrowful and why is your countenance fallen?

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5but Cain and his sacrifices he regarded not, and Cain was exceedingly sorrowful and his countenance fell.

7Have you not sinned if you have brought it rightly, but not rightly divided it? be still, to you shall be his submission, and you shall rule over him.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 13:11And David was dispirited, because the Lord had made a breach on Oza: and he called that place the Breach of Oza until this day.

Isaiah 1:18And come, let us reason together, says the Lord: and though your sins be as purple, I will make them white as snow; and though they be as scarlet, I will make them white as wool.

Jeremiah 2:31Hear you⌃ the word of the Lord: thus says the Lord, Have I been a wilderness or a dry land to Israel? therefore has my people said, We will not be ruled over, and will not come to you any more?

Jonah 4:9And God said to Jonas, Are you very much grieved for the gourd? And he said, I am very much grieved, even to death.

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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