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Genesis 4:14

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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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הֵן֩henhere!H2005 →
גֵּרַ֨שְׁתָּge.Rash.tayou have driven awayH1644 →
אֹתִ֜י'o.Ti<obj.> meH853 →
הַיּ֗וֹםhai.Yomthis dayH3117 →
מֵעַל֙me.'Alfrom onH5921 →
פְּנֵ֣יpe.Nei[the] surface ofH6440 →
הָֽאֲדָמָ֔הha.'a.da.Mahthe groundH127 →
וּמִפָּנֶ֖יךָu.mi.pa.Nei.khaand from before youH6440 →
אֶסָּתֵ֑ר'e.sa.TerI will be hiddenH5641 →
וְהָיִ֜יתִיve.ha.Yi.tiand I will beH1961 →
נָ֤עna'a wandererH5128 →
וָנָד֙va.Nadand a fugitiveH5110 →
בָּאָ֔רֶץba.'A.retzon the earthH776 →
וְהָיָ֥הve.ha.Yahand it will beH1961 →
כָל־khol-everyH3605 →
מֹצְאִ֖יmo.tze.'I[one who] finds meH4672 →
יַֽהַרְגֵֽנִי׃Ya.har.Ge.nihe will kill meH2026 →

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Numbers 35:19The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when he finds him, he is to kill him.Job 15:20–24A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.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.Genesis 9:6Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.Proverbs 28:1The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.2 Thessalonians 1:9They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,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.Psalms 51:11Cast me not away from Your presence; take not Your Holy Spirit from me.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.Genesis 4:15–16“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.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.Matthew 25:46And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”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 bloodshedGenesis 9:5–6And 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:Genesis 4:11Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.Genesis 4:16So Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.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.”Psalms 51:11–14Cast me not away from Your presence; take not Your Holy Spirit from me.

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