Genesis 4:12
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 {H3588} thou tillest {H5647} the ground {H127}, it shall not henceforth {H3254} yield {H5414} unto thee her strength {H3581}; a fugitive {H5128} and a vagabond {H5110} shalt thou be in the earth {H776}.
When you farm the ground it will no longer yield its strength to you. You will be a fugitive, wandering 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.”
when thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee its strength; a fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be in the earth.
Cross-References
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Hosea 9:17 (5 votes)
My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations. -
Leviticus 26:36 (4 votes)
And upon them that are left [alive] of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth. -
Leviticus 26:20 (4 votes)
And 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. -
Deuteronomy 28:23 (3 votes)
And thy heaven that [is] over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee [shall be] iron. -
Deuteronomy 28:24 (3 votes)
The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed. -
Genesis 3:17 (2 votes)
¶ And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed [is] the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat [of] it all the days of thy life; -
Genesis 3:18 (2 votes)
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
Commentary
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