Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

If Cain is to be avenged seven times over,
then for Lamech it will be seventy-seven times!

New American Standard Bible

If Cain is avenged sevenfold,
Then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”

King James Version

If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

International Standard Version

For if Cain is being avenged seven times, then Lamech will be avenged 77 times."

A Conservative Version

If Cain shall be avenged seven fold, truly Lamech seventy-seven fold.

American Standard Version

If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, Truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

Amplified


“If Cain is avenged sevenfold [as the Lord said he would be],
Then Lamech [will be avenged] seventy-sevenfold.”

Bible in Basic English

If seven lives are to be taken as punishment for Cain's death, seventy-seven will be taken for Lamech's.

Darby Translation

If Cain shall be avenged seven-fold; Lemech seventy and seven fold.

Julia Smith Translation

If Cain shall be avenged seven fold, also Lamech seventy and seven.

King James 2000

If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

Lexham Expanded Bible

If Cain is avenged sevenfold, Then Lamech [will be avenged] seventy and seven [times].

Modern King James verseion

For Cain is avenged seven times, and Lamech seventy-seven times.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For Cain shall be avenged sevenfold: but Lamech seventy times sevenfold."

NET Bible

If Cain is to be avenged seven times as much, then Lamech seventy-seven times!"

New Heart English Bible

If Cain will be avenged seven times, truly Lamech seventy-seven times."

The Emphasized Bible

If, sevenfold, be, the avenging of Cain, Then, of Lamech, seventy and seven.

Webster

If Cain shall be avenged seven-fold, truly Lamech seventy and seven-fold.

World English Bible

If Cain will be avenged seven times, truly Lamech seventy-seven times."

Youngs Literal Translation

For sevenfold is required for Cain, And for Lamech seventy and sevenfold.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
If

Usage: 0

קין 
Qayin 
Usage: 19

נקם 
Naqam 
Usage: 35

שׁבעתים 
Shib`athayim 
Usage: 6

למך 
Lemek 
Usage: 11

שׁבעים 
Shib`iym 
Usage: 91

References

Context Readings

Cain And Abel

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.
24 If Cain is to be avenged seven times over,
then for Lamech it will be seventy-seven times!
25 Adam was intimate with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, for she said, “God has given me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”



Cross References

Genesis 4:15

Then the Lord replied to him, “In that case, whoever kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.” And He placed a mark on Cain so that whoever found him would not kill him.

Matthew 18:22

“I tell you, not as many as seven,” Jesus said to him, “but 70 times seven.

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