Genesis 4:5
But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
KJV
Ad Cain vero, et ad munera illius non respexit : iratusque est Cain vehementer, et concidit vultus ejus.
Vulgate
ἐπὶ δὲ Κάιν καὶ ἐπὶ ταῖς θυσίαις αὐτοῦ ⸆ οὐ προσέσχεν. καὶ ἐλύπησεν τὸν Κάιν λίαν καὶ συνέπεσεν τῷ προσώπῳ.
LXX
but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
ASV
וְ/אֶל קַ֥יִן וְ/אֶל מִנְחָת֖/וֹ לֹ֣א שָׁעָ֑ה וַ/יִּ֤חַר לְ/קַ֨יִן֙ מְאֹ֔ד וַֽ/יִּפְּל֖וּ פָּנָֽי/ו
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
יִשְׁע֖וּ
ysh'v
verb · 14×
יִּֽחַר
ychr
verb · 89×
יִּפֹּ֥ל
ypl
verb · 434×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מְאֹֽד
m'd
noun · 297×
מִנְחָ֖ה
mnchh
noun · 211×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
קַ֔יִן
qyn
proper_noun · 18×
Historic Christian voices
4 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 …
§2538The tenth commandment requires that envy be banished from the human heart. When the prophet Nathan wanted to spur King David to repentance, he told him the story about the poor man who had only one ewe lamb that he treated like his own daughter and the rich man who, despite the great number of his flocks, envied the poor man and ended by stealing his lamb.322 Envy can lead to t…
Cross-references
- Acts 5:33 — When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.
- Acts 13:45 — But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
- Dan 3:19 — Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven time
- Eccl 7:9 — Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
- Gen 31:2 — And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.
- Gen 37:4 — And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
- Heb 11:4 — By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
- Jas 1:15 — Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
- Jas 4:1 — From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
- Job 5:2 — For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
- Lam 3:39 — Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
- Luke 15:28 — And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.
- Prov 18:19 — A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
- Prov 29:10 — The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.