Catholic Public Domain Version
"Now, therefore, you will be cursed upon the land, which opened its mouth and received the blood of your brother at your hand. "
— Genesis 4:11, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;”
“And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand; ”
“Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.”
“So now, you are banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.”
“Now therefore cursed shalt thou be upon the earth, which hath opened her mouth and received the blood of thy brother at thy hand.”
“And now you are cursed from the earth, whose mouth is open to take your brother's blood from your hand;”
“And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;”
And Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go outside.” And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and he put him to death.
And the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” And he responded: “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”
And he said to him: “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to me from the land.
Now, therefore, you will be cursed upon the land, which opened its mouth and received the blood of your brother at your hand.
When you work it, it will not give you its fruit; a vagrant and a fugitive shall you be upon the land.”
And Cain said to the Lord: “My iniquity is too great to deserve kindness.
Behold, you have cast me out this day before the face of the earth, and from your face I will be hidden; and I will be a vagrant and a fugitive on the earth. Therefore, anyone who finds me will kill me.”