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Genesis 4:12

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You’ll farm this ground, but it will no longer give you its best. You’ll be a homeless wanderer on Earth.”

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

When you work the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

If you work the ground, it will never again give you its yield. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.”

NLTNew Living Translation

No longer will the ground yield good crops for you, no matter how hard you work! From now on you will be a homeless wanderer on the earth.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

When you till the ground it shall no longer yield its strength to you. You shall be a wanderer and a fugitive on the earth.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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.