Genesis 4:13
And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
KJV
Dixitque Cain ad Dominum : Major est iniquitas mea, quam ut veniam merear.
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπεν Κάιν πρὸς τὸν κύριον Μείζων ἡ αἰτία μου τοῦ ἀφεθῆναί με.
LXX
And Cain said unto Jehovah, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר קַ֖יִן אֶל יְהוָ֑ה גָּד֥וֹל עֲוֺנִ֖/י מִ/נְּשֹֽׂא
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
גָּד֖וֹל
gdvl
verb · 528×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ם
m
noun · 230×
קַ֔יִן
qyn
proper_noun · 18×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§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 …
Cross-references
- 2Cor 7:10 — For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
- Ezek 14:10 — And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him;
- Job 15:22 — He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
- Rev 16:9 — And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.