Genesis 4:6
And Jehovah saith unto Cain, 'Why hast thou displeasure? and why hath thy countenance fallen?
Young's Literal Translation
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 Jehovah hath made a breach upon Uzza, and one calleth that place 'Breach of Uzza' unto this day.
Isaiah 1:18Come, I pray you, and we reason, saith Jehovah, If your sins are as scarlet, as snow they shall be white, If they are red as crimson, as wool they shall be!
Jeremiah 2:31O generation, see ye the word of Jehovah: A wilderness have I been to Israel? A land of thick darkness? Wherefore have My people said, 'We mourned, We come not in again unto Thee.'
Jonah 4:9And God saith unto Jonah: 'Is doing good displeasing to thee, because of the gourd?' and he saith, 'To do good is displeasing to me — unto death.'
Matthew 20:15is it not lawful to me to do what I will in mine own? is thine eye evil because I am good?
John 4:1When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees heard that Jesus more disciples doth make and baptize 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 →