And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.
WEB
“What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out 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;
DBT
And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)