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Genesis 4:24

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24If Cain is avengedl seven times,m

then Lamech seventy-seven times.n”

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Cross references

  1. lDt 32:35; 2 Ki 9:7; Ps 18:47; 94:1; Isa 35:4; Jer 51:56; Na 1:2
  2. mSee ver 15
  3. nMt 18:22

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

If Cain’s revenge is sevenfold,

then Lamech’s is seventy-sevenfold.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

If Cain is to be avenged seven times over,

then for Lamech it will be seventy-seven times!

NLTNew Living Translation

If someone who kills Cain is punished seven times,

then the one who kills me will be punished seventy-seven times!”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

If Cain is avenged sevenfold,

Then Lamech will be avenged seventy and seven times.

KJV 1900King James Version

If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold,

Truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.