Genesis 4:12
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.
KJV
Cum operatus fueris eam, non dabit tibi fructus suos : vagus et profugus eris super terram.
Vulgate
ὅτι ἐργᾷ τὴν γῆν, καὶ οὐ προσθήσει τὴν ἰσχὺν αὐτῆς δοῦναί σοι· στένων καὶ τρέμων ἔσῃ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
LXX
when thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee its strength; a fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be in the earth.
ASV
כִּ֤י תַֽעֲבֹד֙ אֶת הָ֣/אֲדָמָ֔ה לֹֽא תֹסֵ֥ף תֵּת כֹּחָ֖/הּ לָ֑/ךְ נָ֥ע וָ/נָ֖ד תִּֽהְיֶ֥ה בָ/אָֽרֶץ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲדָמָ֔ה
'dmh
noun · 224×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
וֹ
v
noun · 127×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יָנ֣וּד
ynvd
verb · 25×
יֹּ֣סֶף
ysp
verb · 208×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
ם
m
verb · 287×
נ֖וּעַ
nv'
verb · 42×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 2 passages
§401After that first sin, the world is virtually inundated by sin There is Cain's murder of his brother Abel and the universal corruption which follows in the wake of sin. Likewise, sin frequently manifests itself in the history of Israel, especially as infidelity to the God of the Covenant and as transgression of the Law of Moses. and even after Christ's atonement, sin raises its …
§2259In the account of Abel's murder by his brother Cain,57 Scripture reveals the presence of anger and envy in man, consequences of original sin, from the beginning of human history. Man has become the enemy of his fellow man. God declares the wickedness of this fratricide: "What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground. and now you are curse…
2. But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery. What mystery? For surely Christ says, Matthew 10:27. ηκούσατε rec. text ἀκούετε What you have heard in the ear, proclaim upon the housetops. How then does he call it a mystery? Because that neither angel nor archangel, nor any other…
Cross-references
- Deut 28:23 — And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
- Gen 2:5 — And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the grou
- Gen 3:23 — Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
- Hos 9:17 — My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
- Joel 2:22 — Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.
- Lev 26:20 — And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
- Lev 26:36 — And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from
- Ps 59:11 — Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
- Ps 109:10 — Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.