Genesis 4:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Cain said, My punishment is greater than my strength.

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  • Job 15:22 : 22 He has no hope of coming safe out of the dark, and his fate will be the sword;
  • Rev 16:9 : 9 And men were burned with great heat: and they said evil things against the name of the God who has authority over these punishments; and they were not turned from their evil ways to give him glory.
  • Rev 16:11 : 11 And they said evil things against the God of heaven because of their pain and their wounds; and they were not turned from their evil works.
  • Rev 16:21 : 21 And great drops of ice, every one about the weight of a talent, came down out of heaven on men: and men said evil things against God because of the punishment of the ice-drops; for it is very great.

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