Genesis 4:23
“Adah and Zillah, hear my voice;
you wives of Lamech, listen to what I say:
I have killed a man for wounding me,
a young man for striking me.
Genesis 4:23 — The New International Version (NIV)
23 Lamech said to his wives,
“Adah and Zillah, listen to me;
wives of Lamech, hear my words.
I have killed a man for wounding me,
a young man for injuring me.
Genesis 4:23 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
23 And Lamech said unto his wives,
Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice;
Ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech:
For I have slain a man to my wounding,
And a young man to my hurt.
Genesis 4:23 — New Living Translation (NLT)
23 One day Lamech said to his wives,
“Adah and Zillah, hear my voice;
listen to me, you wives of Lamech.
I have killed a man who attacked me,
a young man who wounded me.
Genesis 4:23 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
23 Then Lamech said to his wives:
“Adah and Zillah, hear my voice;
Wives of Lamech, listen to my speech!
For I have killed a man for wounding me,
Even a young man for hurting me.
Genesis 4:23 — New Century Version (NCV)
23 Lamech said to his wives:
“Adah and Zillah, hear my voice!
You wives of Lamech, listen to what I say.
I killed a man for wounding me,
a young man for hitting me.
Genesis 4:23 — American Standard Version (ASV)
23 And Lamech said unto his wives:
Adah and Zillah, hear my voice;
Ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech:
For I have slain a man for wounding me,
And a young man for bruising me:
Genesis 4:23 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
23 And Lemech said to his wives: Adah and Zillah, hear my voice, Ye wives of Lemech, listen to my speech. For I have slain a man for my wound, and a youth for my bruise.
Genesis 4:23 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
23 Lamech said to his wives,
“Adah and Zillah, listen to me!
Wives of Lamech, hear what I say!
I killed a man for bruising me,
a young man for wounding me.
Genesis 4:23 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
23 Lamech said to his wives:
Adah and Zillah, hear my voice;
wives of Lamech, pay attention to my words.
For I killed a man for wounding me,
a young man for striking me.
Genesis 4:23 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
23 Lamech said to his wives:
“Adah and Zillah, hear my voice;
you wives of Lamech, listen to what I say:
I have killed a man for wounding me,
a young man for striking me.
Genesis 4:23 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
23 Then Lamech said to his wives,
“Adah and Zillah, listen to my voice;
O wives of Lamech, hear my words.
I have killed a man for wounding me,
Even a young man for injuring me.
Genesis 4:23 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
23 Lamech said to his wives,
“Adah and Zillah, listen to me.
You wives of Lamech, hear my words.
I have killed a man because he wounded me.
I have killed a young man because he hurt me.
Genesis 4:23 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
23 Lamech said to his wives,
“Adah and Zillah,
Listen to my voice,
You wives of Lamech,
Give heed to my speech,
For I have killed a man for wounding me;
And a boy for striking me;