Berean Standard Bible
Genesis 4:6
6“Why are you angry,” said the LORD to Cain, “and why has your countenance fallen?
Genesis 4:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
- New International Version (NIV)Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast?
- English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord said to Cain, "Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen?
- New King James Version (NKJV)So the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen?
Context of Genesis 4:6
4while Abel brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock. And the LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering, 5but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell. “Why are you angry,” said the LORD to Cain, “and why has your countenance fallen? 7If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.” 8Then Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.
Read all of Genesis 4Genesis 4:6 word by word
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־קָ֑יִן לָ֚מָּה חָ֣רָה לָ֔ךְ וְלָ֖מָּה נָפְל֥וּ פָנֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Genesis 4:6
- 1 Chronicles 13:11Then David became angry because the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah. So he named that place Perez-uzzah, as it is called to this day.
- Job 5:2For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
- Isaiah 1:18“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.
- Jeremiah 2:5This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me? They followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves.
- John 4:1When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John
- Micah 6:3‘My people, what have I done to you? Testify against Me how I have wearied you!
- Matthew 20:15Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
- Luke 15:31‘Son, you are always with me,’ the father said, ‘and all that is mine is yours.
Commentaries on Genesis 4:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Why art thou wroth? - This was designed as a gracious warning, and a preventive of the meditated crime.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-16Verses 1-16 - Section IV - The Family of Adam - Cain and Abel 1. קין qayı̂n Qain (Cain), “spear-shaft,” and קנה qānah “set up, establish, gain, buy,” contain the biliteral root קן qan “set up, erect, gain.” The relations of root words are not confined to the narrow rules of our common etymology, but really extend to such instinctive usages as the unlettered speaker will invent or employ. A full examination of the Hebrew tongue leads to the conclusion…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-261. Eve said, I have gotten a man from the Lord--that is, "by the help of the Lord"--an expression of pious gratitude--and she called him Cain, that is, "a possession," as if valued above everything else; while the arrival of another son reminding Eve of the misery she had entailed on her offspring, led to the name Abel, that is, either weakness, vanity (Psa 39:5), or grief, lamentation. Cain and Abel were probably twins; and it is thought that, at this…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Genesis 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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