Genesis 4:23

American Standard Version (1901)

And Lamech said unto his wives: Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; Ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: For I have slain a man for wounding me, And a young man for bruising me:

ASV Byzantine Text

And Lamech said unto his wives: Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; Ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: For I have slain a man for wounding me, And a young man for bruising me:

Asang Khongca Bible

Lamek mah a zu, Adah hoi Zillah hnik khaeah, Lamek ih zu hnik, ka lok hae tahngai hoih; ka thuih ih lok hae tahngai hoih; kai ahmaa caasak kami, kai pacaekthlaek thendoeng maeto ka hum boeh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Te vaengah Lamek loh a yuu rhoi Adah neh Zillah taengah, “Lamek yuu rhoi, kai ol he ya rhoi lamtah kai kah olthui he hnakaeng rhoi lah. Kai tloh kong neh ka boengha kongah camoe, hlang pakhat ka ngawn coeng.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Te vaengah Lamek loh a yuu rhoi Adah neh Zillah taengah, “Lamek yuu rhoi, kai ol he ya rhoi lamtah kai kah olthui he hnakaeng rhoi lah. Kai tloh kong neh ka boengha kongah camoe, hlang pakhat ka ngawn coeng.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

I aku la o Lameka i na wahine ana, ia Ada, laua o Zila, E hoolohe mai olua i ko'u leo; e na wahine a Lameka, e haliu mai i ka'u olelo: no ka mea, ua pepehi iho la au i ke kanaka no ka hoeha ana mai ia'u, i ke kanaka opiopio no ka paopao ana mai ia'u.

English Berean Standard Bible

Then Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, listen to my speech. For I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Yon jou Lemèk di madanm li yo: Ada ak Zila, koute sa m'ap di nou! Madanm mwen yo, tande byen sa m'ap di nou! Mwen touye yon moun paske li leve men li sou mwen. Mwen touye yon jenn gason paske li mete san m' deyò.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Dixitque Lamech uxoribus suis Adæ et Sellæ: [Audite vocem meam, uxores Lamech; auscultate sermonem meum: quoniam occidi virum in vulnus meum, et adolescentulum in livorem meum.

Bible in Basic English

And Lamech said to his wives, Adah and Zillah, give ear to my voice; you wives of Lamech, give attention to my words, for I would put a man to death for a wound, and a young man for a blow;

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Et Lémec dit à ses femmes : Ada et Tsilla, écoutez ma voix ; femmes de Lémec, prêtez l’oreille à ma parole : Je tuerai un homme pour ma blessure, et un jeune homme pour ma meurtrissure ;

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

I řekl Lámech ženám svým, Adě a Zille: Slyšte hlas můj, ženy Lámechovy, poslouchejte řeči mé, že jsem zabil muže k ráně své a mládence k zsinalosti své.

Kosraean Bible

Lamech el fahk nu sin mutan luo kial, “Adah ac Zillah, porongeyu: Nga uniya mwet fusr se mweyen el tuh puokyuwi.

World Portuguese Bible

Lameque disse às suas mulheres: “Ada e Zilá, ouçam a minha voz. Vocês, mulheres de Lameque, escutem as minhas palavras, pois matei um homem por me ferir, um jovem por me machucar.

Romanian BTF Bible

Şi Lameh a spus soţiilor lui, Ada şi Ţila: Auziţi vocea mea, voi soţiile lui Lameh, daţi ascultare la vorbirea mea: pentru că am ucis un om pentru rănirea mea şi un tânăr pentru vânătaia mea.

Brenton English Septuagint

And Lamech said to his wives, Ada and Sella, Hear my voice, ye wives of Lamech, consider my words, because I have slain a man to my sorrow and a youth to my grief.

Burmese Common Language Bible

လာ​မက်​က​မိ​မိ​မ​ယား​တို့​အား``ငါ့​မ​ယား အာ​ဒ​နှင့် ဇိ​လ​တို့​ငါ့​စ​ကား​ကို​နားထောင်​ကြ​လော့။ ငါ့​ကို​ရိုက်​နှက်​သူ​လူငယ်​တစ်​ဦး​သည်​ငါ့​ကို ရိုက်​နှက်​သော​ကြောင့်​ငါ​သတ်​ခဲ့​ပြီ။

Darby Translation

And Lemech said to his wives: Adah and Zillah, hear my voice, Ye wives of Lemech, listen to my speech. For I have slain a man for my wound, and a youth for my bruise.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Und Lamech sprach zu seinen Weibern: Ada und Zilla, höret meine Stimme; Weiber Lamechs, horchet auf meine Rede! Einen Mann erschlug ich für meine Wunde und einen Jüngling für meine Strieme!

Dutch Bible 1917

En Lamech zeide tot zijn vrouwen Ada en Zilla: Hoort mijn stem, gij vrouwen van Lamech! neemt ter ore mijn rede! Voorwaar, ik sloeg wel een man dood, om mijn wonde, en een jongeling, om mijn buile!

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Eens sprak Lémek tot zijn vrouwen: Ada en Silla, hoort mijn stem; Vrouwen van Lémek, luistert naar mijn woorden: Een man sla ik dood om mijn wonden, Een jongeling om een striem;

Italian Diodati Bible

E Lamec disse ad Ada e Silla sue mogli: Ascoltate la mia voce, mogli di Lamec; Porgete l'orecchio al mio parlare. Certo io ho ucciso un uomo, dando gli una ferita; Ed un giovane, dando gli una percossa.

Douay-Rheims 1899

And Lamech said to his wives Ada and Sella: Hear my voice, ye wives of Lamech, hearken to my speech: for I have slain a man to the wounding of myself, and a stripling to my own bruising.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then Lamech saide vnto his wiues Adah and Zillah, Heare my voyce, ye wiues of Lamech: hearken vnto my speach: for I would slay a man in my wound, and a yong man in mine hurt.

Danish Bible 1931

Og Lemek sagde til sine Hustruer: “Ada og Zilla, hør min Røst, Lemeks Hustruer, lyt til mit Ord: En Mand har jeg dræbt for et Sår, en Dreng for en Skramme!

Leeser Tanakh

And Lemech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; ye wives of Lemech, hearken unto my speech; for I have slain a man to my own wounding, and a young-man to my hurt.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

And Lamech said unto his wives: Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech; for I have slain a man for wounding me, and a young man for bruising me;

King James Version

And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.

King James Version + Apocrypha

And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Lê-méc bèn nói với hai vợ mình rằng: Hỡi A-đa và Si-la! hãy nghe tiếng ta; Nầy, vợ Lê-méc hãy lắng tai nghe lời ta: ã! Ta đã giết một người, vì làm thương ta, Và một người trẻ, vì đánh sưng bầm ta.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; Ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: For I have slain a man to my wounding, And a young man to my hurt.

Revised West Version

Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Lemeki ki hono ongo uaifi ko ʻAta mo Sila, “Fanongo ki hoku leʻo; ʻae ongo uaifi ʻo Lemeki, fakafanongo ki heʻeku lea: he kuo u tāmateʻi ha tangata ʻi hoku lavea, ʻio, ko e talavou koeʻuhi ko ʻeku mamahi.

French Ostervald Bible

Et Lémec dit à ses femmes: Ada et Tsilla, écoutez ma voix; femmes de Lémec, prêtez l'oreille à ma parole: Oui! j'ai tué un homme pour ma blessure, et un jeune homme pour ma meurtrissure.

Esperanto Bible

Kaj Lemeĥ diris al siaj edzinoj Ada kaj Cila: Aŭskultu mian voĉon, edzinoj de Lemeĥ, Atentu mian parolon! Ĉar viron mi mortigis por vundo al mi Kaj junulon por tubero al mi;

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Lémec dit à ses femmes: Ada et Tsilla, écoutez ma voix! Femmes de Lémec, écoutez ma parole! J’ai tué un homme pour ma blessure, Et un jeune homme pour ma meurtrissure.

German Luther Bible 1912

Und Lamech sprach zu seinen Weibern Ada und Zilla: Ihr Weiber Lamechs, hört meine Rede und merkt, was ich sage: Ich habe einen Mann erschlagen für meine Wunde und einen Jüngling für meine Beule;

LXX2012 U. S. English

And Lamech said to his wives, Ada and Sella, Hear my voice, you⌃ wives of Lamech, consider my words, because I have slain a man to my sorrow and a youth to my grief.

British English Septuagint 2012

And Lamech said to his wives, Ada and Sella, Hear my voice, you⌃ wives of Lamech, consider my words, because I have slain a man to my sorrow and a youth to my grief.

Majority Standard BIble

Then Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, listen to my speech. For I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.

Webster Bible

And Lamech said to his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice, ye wives of Lamech, hearken to my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.

Open English Bible (Commonwealth)

Lamech said to his wives: ‘Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, listen to my speech; because I have slain a man for wounding me, and a young man for bruising me.

Open English Bible (US)

Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, listen to my speech; because I have slain a man for wounding me, and a young man for bruising me.

Revised Version

And Lamech said unto his wives: Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; Ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: For I have slain a man for wounding me, And a young man for bruising me:

Italian Riveduta Bible

E Lamec disse alle sue mogli: “Ada e Zilla, ascoltate la mia voce; mogli di Lamec, porgete orecchio ai mio dire! Sì, io ho ucciso un uomo perché m’ha ferito, e un giovine perché m’ha contuso.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Lémec dit à ses femmes : « Ada et Tsilla, entendez ma voix. Femmes de Lémec, écoutez ma parole, car j'ai tué un homme pour m'avoir blessé, un jeune homme pour m'avoir meurtri.

Reina Valera 1909

Y dijo Lamech á sus mujeres: Ada y Zilla, oid mi voz; mujeres de Lamech, escuchad mi dicho: que varón mataré por mi herida, y mancebo por mi golpe:

Spanish BLL

Lamec les dijo a sus mujeres: “Adá y Zilá, escuchen bien mi voz; mujeres de Lamec, presten atención a mis palabras: maté a un hombre por haberme herido, y a un joven por haberme golpeado.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Y dijo Lamec a sus mujeres: «Ada y Zila, oíd mi voz; mujeres de Lamec, escuchad mi dicho: que un varón maté por mi herida, y un joven por mi golpe.

Croatian Bible

Lamek prozbori svojim ženama: “Ada i Sila, glas moj poslušajte! Žene Lamekove, čujte mi besjedu: Čovjeka sam ubio jer me ranio i dijete jer me udarilo.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

I reče Lameh svojim ženama, Adi i Seli: Čujte glas moj, žene Lamehove, poslušajte reči moje: ubiću čoveka za ranu svoju i mladića za masnicu svoju.

Targum Onkelos Etheridge

And Lemek said to his wives Ada and Zillah, Hear my voice, wives of Lemek, attend to my words: I have not slain a man, that on his account I should bear the condemnation of death; or destroyed a young man, that on his account my posterity should be consumed.

German Textbibel

Da sprach Lamech zu seinen Weibern: Ada und Zilla, hört meine Rede; ihr Weiber Lamechs, vernehmt meinen Spruch! Einen Mann erschlage ich für meine Wunde und einen Jüngling für meine Strieme.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

And Lamech said to his wives, Adah and Zillah, hear my voice, Ye wives of Lamech, consider my words, Because I have slain a man to my sorrow And a youth to my grief.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר לֶ֜מֶךְ לְנָשָׁ֗יו עָדָ֤ה וְצִלָּה֙ שְׁמַ֣עַן קוֹלִ֔י נְשֵׁ֣י לֶ֔מֶךְ הַאְזֵ֖נָּה אִמְרָתִ֑י כִּ֣י אִ֤ישׁ הָרַ֨גְתִּי֙ לְפִצְעִ֔י וְיֶ֖לֶד לְחַבֻּרָתִֽי׃

World English Bible

Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice. You wives of Lamech, listen to my speech, for I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for bruising me.

World English Bible (Catholic)

Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice. You wives of Lamech, listen to my speech, for I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for bruising me.

World English Bible British Edition

Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice. You wives of Lamech, listen to my speech, for I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for bruising me.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice. You wives of Lamech, listen to my speech, for I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for bruising me.

World English Bible Classic

Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice. You wives of Lamech, listen to my speech, for I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for bruising me.

World English Bible Updated

Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice. You wives of Lamech, listen to my speech, for I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for bruising me.

World Messianic Bible

Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice. You wives of Lamech, listen to my speech, for I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for bruising me.

World Messianic Bible British Edition

Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice. You wives of Lamech, listen to my speech, for I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for bruising me.

Wycliffe Bible portions

And Lameth seide to his wyues Ada and Sella, Ye wyues of Lameth, here my vois, and herkne my word; for Y haue slayn a man bi my wounde, and a yong wexynge man bi my `violent betyng;

Young's Literal Translation

And Lamech saith to his wives: — 'Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; Wives of Lamech, give ear [to] my saying: For a man I have slain for my wound, Even a young man for my hurt;

SEPTUAGINTA

εἶπε δὲ Λάμεχ ταῖς ἑαυτοῦ γυναιξίν· Ἀδὰ καὶ Σελλά, ἀκούσατέ μου τῆς φωνῆς, γυναῖκες Λάμεχ, ἐνωτίσασθέ μου τοὺς λόγους, ὅτι ἄνδρα ἀπέκτεινα εἰς τραῦμα ἐμοὶ καὶ νεανίσκον εἰς μώλωπα ἐμοί·

Brenton Septuagint

Εἶπε δὲ Λάμεχ ταῖς ἑαυτοῦ γυναιξίν, Ἀδὰ καὶ Σελλὰ, ἀκούσατέ μου τῆς φωνῆς, γυναῖκες Λάμεχ, ἐνωτίσασθέ μου τοὺς λόγους· ὅτι ἄνδρα ἀπέκτεινα εἰς τραῦμα ἐμοὶ, καὶ νεανίσκον εἰς μώλωπα ἐμοί.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Ламех а зис невестелор сале: „Ада ши Цила, аскултаць гласул меу! Невестеле луй Ламех, аскултаць кувынтул меу! Ам оморыт ун ом пентру рана мя Ши ун тынэр пентру вынэтэиле меле.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

І каже Ламех жінкам своїм: Ой Зилло й Адо, кохані жінки Ламешихи! Слухайте, що я скажу вам, чуйте слово певне. Коли б за болючу рану вбив я чоловіка, коли б за синяк одвдячив парубкові смертю, —

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

І каже Ламех жінкам своїм: Ой Зилло й Адо, кохані жінки Ламешихи! Слухайте, що я скажу вам, чуйте слово певне. Коли б за болючу рану вбив я чоловіка, коли б за синяк одвдячив парубкові смертю, —

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

И рече Ламех својим женама, Ади и Сели: Чујте глас мој, жене Ламехове, послушајте речи моје: убићу човека за рану своју и младића за масницу своју.

Russian Synodal Bible

И сказал Ламех женам своим: Ада и Цилла! послушайте голоса моего; жены Ламеховы! внимайте словам моим: я убил мужа в язву мне и отрока в рану мне;

Hebrew Masoretic OT

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר לֶ֜מֶךְ לְנָשָׁ֗יו עָדָ֤ה וְצִלָּה֙ שְׁמַ֣עַן קֹולִ֔י נְשֵׁ֣י לֶ֔מֶךְ הַאְזֵ֖נָּה אִמְרָתִ֑י כִּ֣י אִ֤ישׁ הָרַ֙גְתִּי֙ לְפִצְעִ֔י וְיֶ֖לֶד לְחַבֻּרָתִֽי׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

ויאמר למך לנשיו עדה וצלה שמען קולי נשי למך האזנה אמרתי כי איש הרגתי לפצעי וילד לחברתי׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

وَقَالَ لَامَكُ لِٱمْرَأَتَيْهِ عَادَةَ وَصِلَّةَ: «ٱسْمَعَا قَوْلِي يَا ٱمْرَأَتَيْ لَامَكَ، وَأَصْغِيَا لِكَلَامِي. فَإِنِّي قَتَلْتُ رَجُلًا لِجُرْحِي، وَفَتىً لِشَدْخِي.

Old Persion Version Bible

و لمک به زنان خود گفت: «ای عاده و ظله، قول مرابشنوید! ای زنان لمک، سخن مرا گوش گیرید! زیرا مردی را کشتم بسبب جراحت خود، وجوانی را بسبب ضرب خویش.

Judson Burmese Bible

လာမက် ကလည်း အာဒံ နှင့် ဇိလ ၊ ငါ ပြော သံကို မှတ် ကြလော့။ လာမက် မယား တို့၊ ငါ့ စကား ကို နားထောင် ကြလော့။ ငါ့ ကိုထိခိုက် သော လူ တယောက်တည်းဟူသော ၊ ငါ့ ကိုညှဉ်းဆဲ သောလူပျို တယောက်ကို ငါသတ် ခဲ့ပြီ။

Korean Bible 1910

라멕이 아내들에게 이르되 `아다와 씰라여 내 소리를 들으라 라멕의 아내들이여 ! 내 말을 들으라 나의 창상을 인하여 내가 사람을 죽였고 나의 상함을 인하여 소년을 죽였도다

Japanese Freedom Bible

レメクは妻たちに言った。 「アダとチラよ、私の声を聞け。 レメクの妻たちよ、私の言葉に耳を傾けよ。 私は、私に傷を負わせた男を殺した。 私を打った若者を殺した。

World Chinese Bible

拉麦对他的妻子们说： “亚大、洗拉，听我的声音； 拉麦的妻子们，侧耳听我的话。 因为我为我的伤杀了一个人， 为我的瘀伤杀了一个年轻人。

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

拉麦对他两个妻子说： 亚大、 洗拉，听我的声音； 拉麦的妻子，细听我的话语： 壮年人伤我，我把他杀了； 少年人损我，我把他害了 。

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

拉麥對他兩個妻子說： 亞大、 洗拉，聽我的聲音； 拉麥的妻子，細聽我的話語： 壯年人傷我，我把他殺了； 少年人損我，我把他害了 。

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

E disse Lameque a suas mulheres: Ada e Zilá, ouvi minha voz; Mulheres de Lameque, escutai meu dito: Que matei um homem por ter me ferido, E um rapaz por ter me golpeado:

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Mashi Bible

Lâmek abwîra bakage, erhi: «Ada na Zila, yumvirhizi izù lyâni; bakà Lâmek, rhegi amarhwîri oku bino namubwîra: “nayîsire omuntu okwenge amanyâgaza nayîrha n’omushikira okwenge amampukula”».

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Und Lamech sprach zu seinen Weibern: «Ada und Zilla, hört meine Stimme, ihr Weiber Lamechs, vernehmt meinen Spruch! Einen Mann erschlug ich, weil er mich verwundet, einen Jüngling, weil er mich geschlagen hat;

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

Y dijo Lamec a sus mujeres, Ada y Zila, escucha mi voz; esposas de Lamec, presten atención a mis palabras, porque yo pondría a muerte a un hombre por una herida, y a un joven por un golpe;

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

Lamec dijo a sus esposas: Ada y Zila: ¡Escuchen mi voz! Esposas de Lamec, Presten oído a mi dicho: Que a un hombre maté porque me hirió, Y a un muchacho maté porque me golpeó.

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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible

And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Tzilah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, give heed to my speech; for I have slain an ish for my wounding, and a yeled for my chabburah.

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