Genesis 4:12
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When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”
In other translations
When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”
Hebrew words
כִּיkiforH3588תַעֲבֹדta'avodyou will tillH5647אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הָאֲדָמָהha'adamahthe groundH127לֹא־lo'-notH3808תֹסֵףtosef<it> will repeatH3254תֵּת־tet-to giveH5414כֹּחָהּkochahproduce itsH3581לָךְlakhto <the> youנָעna'a wandererH5128וָנָדvanadand a fugitiveH5110תִּהְיֶהtihyehyou will beH1961בָאָרֶץ׃va'aretzon the earthH776
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
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- Leviticus 26:20And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.and your strength will be spent in vain. For your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit.
- Deuteronomy 28:23-2423 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. 24 The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.23 The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron. 24 The LORD will turn the rain of your land into dust and powder; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed.
- Romans 8:20For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope
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- Psalm 109:10Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.
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