Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And Jehovah said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
WEB
“Why are you angry,” said the LORD to Cain, “and why has your countenance fallen?
YLT
And Jehovah saith unto Cain, `Why hast thou displeasure? and why hath thy countenance fallen?
DBT
And Jehovah said to Cain, Why art thou angry, and why is thy countenance fallen?
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)