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12 When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.”
Read Genesis 4 in NIV · About the NIV
12 When you cultivate the ground, it will no longer yield its strength to you; you will be a wanderer and a drifter on the earth.”
Read Genesis 4 in NASB2020 · About the NASB2020
12 When you cultivate the ground, it will no longer yield its strength to you; you will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth.”
Read Genesis 4 in NASB1995 · About the NASB1995
12 When you cultivate the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength [it will resist producing good crops] for you; you shall be a fugitive and a vagabond [roaming aimlessly] on the earth [in perpetual exile without a home, a degraded outcast].”
Read Genesis 4 in AMP · About the AMP
12 When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”
Read Genesis 4 in BSB · About the BSB
12 When you farm the land, it will not produce its crops for you anymore. You will be a restless person who wanders around on the earth.”
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