Genesis 4:14

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“Behold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.””

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BSBPD

“Behold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the ground; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth; and it will come to pass, that whosoever findeth me will slay me.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“lo, Thou hast driven me to-day from off the face of the ground, and from Thy face I am hid; and I have been a wanderer, even a trembling one, in the earth, and it hath been--every one finding me doth slay me.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 4:14 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 4:15“Not so!” replied the LORD. “If anyone slays Cain, then Cain will be avenged sevenfold.” And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him.
  2. Genesis 9:5And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:
  3. Leviticus 26:17And I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.
  4. Leviticus 26:36As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and fall when no one pursues them.
  5. Numbers 17:12Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost!
  6. Numbers 35:19The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when he finds him, he is to kill him.
  7. Numbers 35:21or if in hostility he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must surely be put to death; he is a murderer. When the avenger of blood finds the murderer, he is to kill him.
  8. Numbers 35:27and the avenger of blood finds him outside of his city of refuge and kills him, then the avenger will not be guilty of bloodshed
  9. Deuteronomy 28:65Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.
  10. 2 Samuel 14:7Now the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!’ So they would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on the earth.”
  11. Job 15:20A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.
  12. Job 21:14Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
  13. Psalms 51:11Cast me not away from Your presence; take not Your Holy Spirit from me.
  14. Psalms 109:10May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.
  15. Psalms 109:12May there be no one to extend kindness to him, and no one to favor his fatherless children.
  16. Psalms 143:7Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
  17. Proverbs 14:32The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
  18. Proverbs 28:1The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
  19. Isaiah 8:22Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness.
  20. Jeremiah 52:3For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon.
  21. Hosea 13:3Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window.
  22. Matthew 25:41Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
  23. Matthew 25:46And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
  24. 2 Thessalonians 1:9They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,

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