Genesis 4:15

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And Jehovah saith to him, `Therefore -- of any slayer of Cain sevenfold it is required;' and Jehovah setteth to Cain a token that none finding him doth slay him.

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  • Ezek 9:4 : 4 And He calleth unto the man who is clothed with linen, who hath the scribe's inkhorn at his loins, and Jehovah saith unto him, `Pass on into the midst of the city, into the midst of Jerusalem, and thou hast made a mark on the foreheads of the men who are sighing and who are groaning for all the abominations that are done in its midst.'
  • Ezek 9:6 : 6 aged, young man, and virgin, and infant, and women, ye do slay -- to destruction; and against any man on whom `is' the mark ye do not go nigh, and from My sanctuary ye begin.'
  • Gen 4:24 : 24 For sevenfold is required for Cain, And for Lamech seventy and sevenfold.'
  • Ps 79:12 : 12 And turn Thou back to our neighbours, Sevenfold unto their bosom, their reproach, Wherewith they reproached Thee, O Lord.
  • Rev 14:9 : 9 And a third messenger did follow them, saying in a great voice, `If any one the beast doth bow before, and his image, and doth receive a mark upon his forehead, or upon his hand,
  • Rev 14:11 : 11 and the smoke of their torment doth go up to ages of ages; and they have no rest day and night, who are bowing before the beast and his image, also if any doth receive the mark of his name.
  • Prov 6:31 : 31 And being found he repayeth sevenfold, All the substance of his house he giveth.
  • Lev 26:18 : 18 `And if unto these ye hearken not to Me, -- then I have added to chastise you seven times for your sins;
  • Lev 26:21 : 21 `And if ye walk with Me `in' opposition, and are not willing to hearken to Me, then I have added to you a plague seven times, according to your sins,
  • Lev 26:24 : 24 then I have walked -- I also -- with you in opposition, and have smitten you, even I, seven times for your sins;
  • Lev 26:28 : 28 then I have walked with you in the fury of opposition, and have chastised you, even I, seven times for your sins.
  • 1 Kgs 16:7 : 7 And also by the hand of Jehu son of Hanani the prophet a word of Jehovah hath been concerning Baasha, and concerning his house, and concerning all the evil that he did in the eyes of Jehovah to provoke Him to anger with the work of his hands, to be like the house of Jeroboam, and concerning that for which he smote him.
  • Ps 59:11 : 11 Slay them not, lest my people forget, Shake them by Thy strength, And bring them down, O Lord our shield.
  • Hos 1:4 : 4 and Jehovah saith unto him, `Call his name Jezreel, for yet a little, and I have charged the blood of Jezreel on the house of Jehu, and have caused to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel;
  • Matt 26:52 : 52 Then saith Jesus to him, `Turn back thy sword to its place; for all who did take the sword, by the sword shall perish;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 4:2-14
    13 verses
    84%

    2and she addeth to bear his brother, even Abel. And Abel is feeding a flock, and Cain hath been servant of the ground.

    3And it cometh to pass at the end of days that Cain bringeth from the fruit of the ground a present to Jehovah;

    4and Abel, he hath brought, he also, from the female firstlings of his flock, even from their fat ones; and Jehovah looketh unto Abel and unto his present,

    5and unto Cain and unto his present He hath not looked; and it is very displeasing to Cain, and his countenance is fallen.

    6And Jehovah saith unto Cain, `Why hast thou displeasure? and why hath thy countenance fallen?

    7Is there not, if thou dost well, acceptance? and if thou dost not well, at the opening a sin-offering is crouching, and unto thee its desire, and thou rulest over it.'

    8And Cain saith unto Abel his brother, ``Let us go into the field;'' and it cometh to pass in their being in the field, that Cain riseth up against Abel his brother, and slayeth him.

    9And Jehovah saith unto Cain, `Where `is' Abel thy brother?' and he saith, `I have not known; my brother's keeper -- I?'

    10And He saith, `What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood is crying unto Me from the ground;

    11and now, cursed `art' thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive the blood of thy brother from thy hand;

    12when thou tillest the ground, it doth not add to give its strength to thee -- a wanderer, even a trembling one, thou art in the earth.'

    13And Cain saith unto Jehovah, `Greater is my punishment than to be borne;

    14lo, Thou hast driven me to-day from off the face of the ground, and from Thy face I am hid; and I have been a wanderer, even a trembling one, in the earth, and it hath been -- every one finding me doth slay me.'

  • Gen 4:23-25
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    80%

    23And Lamech saith to his wives: -- `Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; Wives of Lamech, give ear `to' my saying: For a man I have slain for my wound, Even a young man for my hurt;

    24For sevenfold is required for Cain, And for Lamech seventy and sevenfold.'

    25And Adam again knoweth his wife, and she beareth a son, and calleth his name Seth, `for God hath appointed for me another seed instead of Abel:' for Cain had slain him.

  • Gen 4:16-17
    2 verses
    79%

    16And Cain goeth out from before Jehovah, and dwelleth in the land, moving about east of Eden;

    17and Cain knoweth his wife, and she conceiveth, and beareth Enoch; and he is building a city, and he calleth the name of the city, according to the name of his son -- Enoch.

  • Gen 9:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5`And only your blood for your lives do I require; from the hand of every living thing I require it, and from the hand of man, from the hand of every man's brother I require the life of man;

    6whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man is his blood shed: for in the image of God hath He made man.

  • 1 John 3:12
    73%

    12not as Cain -- of the evil one he was, and he did slay his brother, and wherefore did he slay him? because his works were evil, and those of his brother righteous.

  • Num 35:19
    70%

    19`The redeemer of blood himself doth put the murderer to death; in his coming against him he doth put him to death.

  • Num 35:21
    70%

    21or in enmity he hath smitten him with his hand, and he dieth; the smiter is certainly put to death; he `is' a murderer; the redeemer of blood doth put the murderer to death in his coming against him.

  • Lev 24:17
    69%

    17`And when a man smiteth any soul of man, he is certainly put to death.

  • Gen 9:25
    69%

    25and saith: `Cursed `is' Canaan, Servant of servants he is to his brethren.'

  • Ezek 35:6
    68%

    6Therefore, I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Surely for blood I do appoint thee, And blood doth pursue thee, If blood thou hast not hated, Blood also doth pursue thee.

  • Exod 21:13
    68%

    13as to him who hath not laid wait, and God hath brought to his hand, I have even set for thee a place whither he doth flee.

  • Deut 19:6
    68%

    6lest the redeemer of blood pursue after the man-slayer when his heart is hot, and hath overtaken him (because the way is great), and hath smitten him -- the life, and he hath no sentence of death, for he is not hating him heretofore;