Genesis 4:6
So then Yahweh said unto Cain,—Wherefore hath it angered thee, and wherefore hath thy countenance fallen?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
In Context
5but of Cain and his present, he approved not,—and it angered Cain greatly, and his countenance fell.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 13:11And it was a sadness unto David, that Yahweh had broken in with a breach against Uzza,—and he called that place Perez-uzza, [as it is called] unto this day.
Isaiah 1:18Come, I pray you, and let us settle the dispute Saith Yahweh,—Though your sins be found like scarlet, As snow, shall they be made white, Though they appear red like crimson, As wool, shall they become.
Jeremiah 2:31O generation see, ye, the word of Yahweh, A desert, became I unto Israel? Or a land of thick darkness? Wherefore, have my people said, We have roved about, We will not come in any more unto thee?
Jonah 4:9Then said God unto Jonah, Art thou rightly angry over the gourd? And he said, I am rightly angry, unto death.
Matthew 20:15Is it not allowed me to do, what I please, with my own? or is, thine eye, evil, because I good?
John 4:1When therefore the Lord knew, that the Pharisees had heard—Jesus, more disciples, is making and immersing, 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 →