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Berean Standard Bible

“Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.”

Genesis 4:11

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After Cain kills his brother Abel, God confronts him and says that Abel's blood cries out from the ground. Cain's sin affects the earth itself.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.

World English Bible (WEB)

Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.

King James Version (KJV)

And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;

American Standard Version (ASV)

And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother`s blood from thy hand;

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And now you are cursed from the earth, whose mouth is open to take your brother's blood from your hand;

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Ahora pues, maldito seas tú de la tierra que abrió su boca para recibir la sangre de tu hermano de tu mano:

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Por eso, quedarás bajo la maldición de la tierra, la cual se ha tragado la sangre de tu hermano, al que tú mataste.

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