Genesis 4:13

And Cain said to the Lord, My wickedness is more than that I deserve forgiveness (for); (And Cain said to the Lord, My punishment is more than that I can bear;)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

In Context

12When thou shalt work the earth, it shall not give his fruits to thee; thou shalt be unstable of dwelling, and fleeing about on [the] earth, in all the days of thy life. (When thou shalt work the earth, it shall not give its fruits to thee; thou shalt be of unstable dwelling, and fleeing about on the earth, all the days of thy life.)

14lo! today thou castest me out from the face of the earth; and I shall be hid from thy face, and I shall be unstable of dwelling, and fleeing about in (the) earth; therefore each man that shall find me shall slay me. (behold! today thou castest me out from the face of the earth; and I shall be hid from thy face, and I shall be of unstable dwelling, and fleeing about on the earth; and any man who findeth me shall slay me.)

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Cross References

Job 15:22He believeth not that he may turn again from darknesses to light; and he beholdeth about on each side (for) a sword.

Revelation 16:9And men sweltered with great heat, and blasphemed the name of (the) God having power on these plagues, neither they did penance, that they should give glory to him. (And men were parched by the great heat, and blasphemed the name of the God who had power over these plagues, but they did not repent, so that they would give him glory.)

Revelation 16:21And a great hail as a talent came down from heaven into men; and men blasphemed God, for the plague of hail, for it was made full great. (And great hail like talents came down from the heavens onto men; and they blasphemed God, for the plague of hail, because it was so very great, or because it was so terribly severe.)

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 →

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