Genesis 4:10 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

The LORD asked, "What have you done? Your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.

ASV:

And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.

BBE:

And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the earth.

DBY:

And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.

ERV:

And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.

JPS:

And He said: 'What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto Me from the ground.

WBS:

And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth to me from the ground.

WEB:

Yahweh said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries to me from the ground.

YLT:

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

Genesis 4:10 Cross References

XREF:

Numbers 35:33 'So you shall not pollute the land in which you are; for blood pollutes the land and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of him who shed it.

Deuteronomy 21:1 "If a slain person is found lying in the open country in the land which the LORD your God gives you to possess, and it is not known who has struck him,

Hebrews 12:24 and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks better than the blood of Abel.

Revelation 6:9 When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God, and because of the testimony which they had maintained;

Revelation 6:10 and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, "How long, O Lord, holy and true, will You refrain from judging and avenging our blood on those who dwell on the earth?" (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

4:10 And he said, What hast thou done? the {i} voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
{i} God avenges the wrongs against his saints, though no one complains: for the iniquity itself cries for vengeance.

WES:

4:10 And he said, What hast thou done? - Thou thinkest to conceal it, but the evidence against thee is clear and uncontestable, the voice of thy brother's blood crieth - He speaks as if the blood itself were both witness and prosecutor, because God's own knowledge testified against him, and God's own justice demanded satisfaction. The blood is said to cry from the ground, the earth, which is said, Ge 4:11, to open her mouth to receive his brother's blood from his hand. The earth did as it were blush to see her own face stained with such blood; and therefore opened her mouth to hide that which she could not hinder.

MHC:

4:8-15 Malice in the heart ends in murder by the hands. Cain slew Abel, his own brother, his own mother's son, whom he ought to have loved; his younger brother, whom he ought to have protected; a good brother, who had never done him any wrong. What fatal effects were these of our first parents' sin, and how must their hearts have been filled with anguish! Observe the pride, unbelief, and impenitence of Cain. He denies the crime, as if he could conceal it from God. He tries to cover a deliberate murder with a deliberate lie. Murder is a crying sin. Blood calls for blood, the blood of the murdered for the blood of the murderer. Who knows the extent and weight of a Divine curse, how far it reaches, how deep it pierces? Only in Christ are believers saved from it, and inherit the blessing. Cain was cursed from the earth. He found his punishment there where he chose his portion, and set his heart. Every creature is to us what God makes it, a comfort or a cross, a blessing or a curse. The wickedness of the wicked brings a curse upon all they do, and all they have. Cain complains not of his sin, but of his punishment. It shows great hardness of heart to be more concerned about our sufferings than our sins. God has wise and holy ends in prolonging the lives even of very wicked men. It is in vain to inquire what was the mark set upon Cain. It was doubtless known, both as a brand of infamy on Cain, and a token from God that they should not kill him. Abel, being dead, yet speaketh. He tells the heinous guilt of murder, and warns us to stifle the first risings of wrath, and teaches us that persecution must be expected by the righteous. Also, that there is a future state, and an eternal recompence to be enjoyed, through faith in Christ and his atoning sacrifice. And he tells us the excellency of faith in the atoning sacrifice and blood of the Lamb of God. Cain slew his brother, because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous, 1Jo 3:12. In consequence of the enmity put between the Seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent, the war broke out, which has been waged ever since. In this war we are all concerned, none are neuter; our Captain has declared, He that is not with me is against me. Let us decidedly, yet in meekness, support the cause of truth and righteousness against Satan.

CONC:

Blood Brother's Cries Crieth Crying Ground Hast Voice

Blood Brother's Cries Crieth Crying Earth Ground Voice

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