14Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
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The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.
Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor. …
Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-15)We have here a further account of the proceedings against Cain. I. Here is Cain’s complaint of the sentence passed upon him, as hard and severe. Some make him to speak the language of despair, and read it, My iniquity is greater than that it may be forgiven ; and so what he says is a reproach and affront to the mercy of God, which those only shall have the benefit of that hope in it. There is forg…
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