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Genesis 4

Gen. 4:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Behold, thou hast driven me out
garash (Hebrew #1644)
to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce
KJV usage: cast up (out), divorced (woman), drive away (forth, out), expel, X surely put away, trouble, thrust out.
Pronounce: gaw-rash'
Origin: a primitive root
this day
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
from the face
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
of the earth
'adamah (Hebrew #127)
soil (from its general redness)
KJV usage: country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.
Pronounce: ad-aw-maw'
Origin: from 119
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`al (Hebrew #5921)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications (as follow)
KJV usage: above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, X as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, X both and, by (reason of), X had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-)on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, X with.
Pronounce: al
Origin: properly, the same as 5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following)
thy face
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
shall I be hid
cathar (Hebrew #5641)
to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively
KJV usage: be absent, keep close, conceal, hide (self), (keep) secret, X surely.
Pronounce: saw-thar'
Origin: a primitive root
; and I shall be a fugitive
nuwa` (Hebrew #5128)
to waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as subjoined)
KJV usage: continually, fugitive, X make, to (go) up and down, be gone away, (be) move(-able, -d), be promoted, reel, remove, scatter, set, shake, sift, stagger, to and fro, be vagabond, wag, (make) wander (up and down).
Pronounce: noo'-ah
Origin: a primitive root
and a vagabond
nuwd (Hebrew #5110)
to nod, i.e. waver; figuratively, to wander, flee, disappear; also (from shaking the head in sympathy), to console, deplore, or (from tossing the head in scorn) taunt
KJV usage: bemoan, flee, get, mourn, make to move, take pity, remove, shake, skip for joy, be sorry, vagabond, way, wandering.
Pronounce: nood
Origin: a primitive root
in the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
; and it shall come to pass
hayah (Hebrew #1961)
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
KJV usage: beacon, X altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, + follow, happen, X have, last, pertain, quit (one-)self, require, X use.
Pronounce: haw-yaw
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1933)
u, that every one that findeth me
matsa' (Hebrew #4672)
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
KJV usage: + be able, befall, being, catch, X certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), X have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-)on, meet (with), X occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
Pronounce: maw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
shall slay me
harag (Hebrew #2026)
to smite with deadly intent
KJV usage: destroy, out of hand, kill, murder(-er), put to (death), make (slaughter), slay(-er), X surely.
Pronounce: haw-rag'
Origin: a primitive root
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Job 15:20‑24• 20All the days of the wicked he is in torment,{HR}And the number of years is laid up for the oppressor.
 21The voice of terrors [is] in his ears;{HR}In peace the destroyer falleth on him.
 22He despaireth of returning from the darkness,{HR}And he is marked out for the sword.
 23He wandereth for bread: where [is it]?{HR}He knoweth that ready at his hand is a day of darkness.
 24Trouble and anguish make him afraid,{HR}They overpower him, as a king ready for the onset. (Job 15:20‑24)
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Prov. 28:1• 1The wicked flee when no man pursueth;{HR}But the righteous are bold as a lion. (Prov. 28:1)

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Job 15:20‑24• 20All the days of the wicked he is in torment,{HR}And the number of years is laid up for the oppressor.
 21The voice of terrors [is] in his ears;{HR}In peace the destroyer falleth on him.
 22He despaireth of returning from the darkness,{HR}And he is marked out for the sword.
 23He wandereth for bread: where [is it]?{HR}He knoweth that ready at his hand is a day of darkness.
 24Trouble and anguish make him afraid,{HR}They overpower him, as a king ready for the onset. (Job 15:20‑24)
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Prov. 14:32• 32The wicked is thrust down by his evil doings;{HR}But in his death the righteous trusteth. (Prov. 14:32)
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Prov. 28:1• 1The wicked flee when no man pursueth;{HR}But the righteous are bold as a lion. (Prov. 28:1)
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Isa. 8:22• 22and they will look unto the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and into thick darkness they shall be driven away. (Isa. 8:22)
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Hos. 13:3• 3Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing-floor, and as the smoke out of the lattice. (Hos. 13:3)
from thy.
Gen. 4:16• 16And Cain went out from the presence of Jehovah, and dwelt in the land of Nod [wandering] east of Eden. (Gen. 4:16)
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Job 21:14‑15• 14Yet they say to God, Depart from us,{HR}For we desired not the knowledge of thy ways:
 15What [is] the Almighty that we should serve him?{HR}And what profit have we if we meet him? (Job 21:14‑15)
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Psa. 51:11‑14• 11Cast me not out from thy presence,{HR}And the spirit of thy holiness take not from me.
 12Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation,{HR}And let a free spirit uphold me.
 13I will teach transgressors thy ways,{HR}And sinners shall turn unto thee.
 14Deliver me from blood, Ο God, God of my salvation;{HR}My tongue shall celebrate thy righteousness. (Psa. 51:11‑14)
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Psa. 143:7• 7Hasten, answer me, Jehovah: my spirit faileth;{HR}Hide not thy face from me,{HR}And I shall not be like [those that] go down to the pit. (Psa. 143:7)
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Matt. 25:41,46• 41Then shall he say also to those on the left, Go from me, accursed, into the everlasting fire that is prepared for the devil and his angels.
 46And these shall go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into life everlasting. (Matt. 25:41,46)
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2 Thess. 1:9• 9Who shall pay as penalty everlasting destruction from [the] presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might, (2 Thess. 1:9)
fugitive.
Deut. 28:65• 65And among these nations shalt thou have no rest, neither shall the sole of thy foot have a resting-place, and Jehovah shall give thee there a trembling heart, languishing of the eyes, and pining of the soul. (Deut. 28:65)
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Psa. 109:10• 10And let his sons be vagabonds (wandering wanderers),{HR}And beg and seek [bread] out of their desolations. (Psa. 109:10)
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Gen. 4:12• 12When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield its strength to thee; a fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be on the earth. (Gen. 4:12)
that.
Gen. 4:15• 15And Jehovah said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, it shall be avenged sevenfold. And Jehovah set a mark on Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. (Gen. 4:15)
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Gen. 9:5‑6• 5And surely your blood [that] of your lives will I require: at every animal's hand will I require it; and at man's hand, at the hand of each [the blood] of his brother, will I require the man's life.
 6[Whoso] sheddeth the man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in God's image made he the man. (Gen. 9:5‑6)
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Lev. 26:17,36• 17And I will set my face against you, that ye may be routed before your enemies: they that hate you shall have dominion over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
 36And as to those that remain of you, I will send faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies, and the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them, and they shall flee as one fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth; (Lev. 26:17,36)
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Num. 17:12‑13• 12And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Lo, we die, we perish; we all perish.
 13Every one that comes at all near to the tabernacle of Jehovah shall die: shall we then expire altogether? (Num. 17:12‑13)
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Num. 35:19,21,27• 19the avenger of blood, he shall put the murderer to death; when he meeteth him, he shall put him to death.
 21or from enmity smite him with his hand, so that he die, he that smote him shall certainly be put to death; he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death, when he meeteth him. —
 27and the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood: (Num. 35:19,21,27)
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2 Sam. 14:7• 7And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth. (2 Sam. 14:7)
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Job 15:20‑24• 20All the days of the wicked he is in torment,{HR}And the number of years is laid up for the oppressor.
 21The voice of terrors [is] in his ears;{HR}In peace the destroyer falleth on him.
 22He despaireth of returning from the darkness,{HR}And he is marked out for the sword.
 23He wandereth for bread: where [is it]?{HR}He knoweth that ready at his hand is a day of darkness.
 24Trouble and anguish make him afraid,{HR}They overpower him, as a king ready for the onset. (Job 15:20‑24)
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Prov. 28:1• 1The wicked flee when no man pursueth;{HR}But the righteous are bold as a lion. (Prov. 28:1)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Behold, thou hast driven me this day from the face of the ground, and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a wanderer and fugitive on the earth; and it will come to pass, that every one who finds me will slay me.

W. Kelly Translation

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Behold, thou hast driven me out this day on the face of the ground, and from thy face I shall be hid, and I shall be a wanderer and a fugitive in the earth; and it will come to pass [that] every one finding me shall slay me.