NET Bible
"When you try to cultivate the ground it will no longer yield its best for you. You will be a homeless wanderer on the earth.”"
— Genesis 4:12, NET Bible
“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.”
“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. ”
“From now on, when you till the ground, it won't yield its strength to you. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth."”
“When thou shalt till it, it shall not yield to thee its fruit: a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be upon the earth.”
“No longer will the earth give you her fruit as the reward of your work; you will be a wanderer in flight over the earth.”
“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.”
Then the LORD said to Cain,“Where is your brother Abel?” And he replied,“I don’t know! Am I my brother’s guardian?”
But the LORD said,“What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground!
So now, you are banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
When you try to cultivate the ground it will no longer yield its best for you. You will be a homeless wanderer on the earth.”
Then Cain said to the LORD,“My punishment is too great to endure!
Look! You are driving me off the land today, and I must hide from your presence. I will be a homeless wanderer on the earth; whoever finds me will kill me.”
But the LORD said to him,“All right then, if anyone kills Cain, Cain will be avenged seven times as much.” Then the LORD put a special mark on Cain so that no one who found him would strike him down.