Genesis 4:9

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

And Jehovah said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: am I my brother’s keeper?

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

And Jehovah said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: am I my brother’s keeper?

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

And the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I do not know!” he answered. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”

Bible in Basic English ☆

And the Lord said to Cain, Where is your brother Abel? And he said, I have no idea: am I my brother's keeper?

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And the Lord God said to Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? and he said, I know not, am I my brother's keeper?

Darby Translation ☆

And Jehovah said to Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: am I my brother's keeper?

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

And the Lord said to Cain: Where is thy brother Abel? And he answered, I know not: am I my brother’s keeper?

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Then the Lord said vnto Kain, Where is Habel thy brother? Who answered, I cannot tell. Am I my brothers keeper?

Leeser Tanakh ☆

And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel they brother? and he said, I know not; am I my brother's keeper?

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

And the LORD said unto Cain: 'Where is Abel thy brother?' And he said: 'I know not; am I my brother's keeper?'

King James Version ☆

¶ And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

¶ And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

And the Lord God said to Cain, Where is Abel your brother? and he said, I know not, am I my brother's keeper?

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

And the Lord God said to Cain, Where is Abel your brother? and he said, I know not, am I my brother's keeper?

Majority Standard BIble ☆

And the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I do not know!” he answered. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”

Webster Bible ☆

And the LORD said to Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?

Open English Bible (Commonwealth) ☆

Then the Lord asked Cain, ‘Where is your brother Abel?’ He answered, ‘I do not know! Am I my brother’s keeper?’

Open English Bible (US) ☆

Then the Lord asked Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” He answered, “I do not know! Am I my brother’s keeper?”

Revised Version ☆

And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: am I my brother’s keeper?

Targum Onkelos Etheridge ☆

And the Lord said to Kain, Where is Habel thy brother? And he said, I know not; am I the keeper of my brother?

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And the Lord God said to Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? and he said, I know not, am I my brother’s keeper?

World English Bible ☆

The LORD said to Cain, “Where is Abel, your brother?” He said, “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

The LORD said to Cain, “Where is Abel, your brother?” He said, “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”

World English Bible British Edition ☆

The LORD said to Cain, “Where is Abel, your brother?” He said, “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

The LORD said to Cain, “Where is Abel, your brother?” He said, “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”

World English Bible Classic ☆

Yahweh said to Cain, “Where is Abel, your brother?” He said, “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”

World English Bible Updated ☆

The LORD said to Cain, “Where is Abel, your brother?” He said, “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”

World Messianic Bible ☆

The LORD said to Cain, “Where is Abel, your brother?” He said, “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

The LORD said to Cain, “Where is Abel, your brother?” He said, “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”

Wycliffe Bible portions ☆

And the Lord seide to Cayn, Where is Abel thi brother? Which answerde, Y woot not; whether Y am the kepere of my brothir?

Young's Literal Translation ☆

And Jehovah saith unto Cain, 'Where [is] Abel thy brother?' and he saith, 'I have not known; my brother's keeper — I?'

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

And Hashem said unto Kayin, Where is Hevel thy brother? And he said, I know not; am I shomer achi (my brotherʼs keeper)?

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

فَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِقَايِينَ: «أَيْنَ هَابِيلُ أَخُوكَ؟» فَقَالَ: «لَا أَعْلَمُ! أَحَارِسٌ أَنَا لِأَخِي؟»

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ထာ​ဝ​ရ​ဘု​ရား​က``သင့်​ညီ​အာ​ဗေ​လ​အ​ဘယ် မှာ​ရှိ​သ​နည်း'' ဟု​ကာ​ဣ​န​အား​မေး​တော် မူ​၏။ ကာ​ဣ​န​က``အ​ကျွန်ုပ်​မ​သိ​ပါ။ အ​ကျွန်ုပ်​သည် ညီ​ကို​ထိန်း​ရ​သော​သူ​ဖြစ်​ပါ​သ​လော'' ဟု ပြန်​၍​လျှောက်​၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ထာဝရဘုရား ကလည်း သင့် ညီ အာဗေလ သည် အဘယ်မှာ ရှိသနည်းဟု ကာဣန ကို မေး တော်မူလျှင် အကျွန်ုပ်မ သိ ပါ။ အကျွန်ုပ် သည် ညီ ကို စောင့် ရသောသူ ဖြစ် ပါသလောဟု လျှောက် ဆို၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Angraeng mah Kain khaeah, Nam nawk Abel naa ah maw oh? tiah naa. Anih mah, Ka panoek ai; kai loe kam nawk toepkung ah maw ka oh? tiah a naa.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Te dongah BOEIPA loh Kain taengah, “Na mana Abel ta? ” a ti nah hatah Kain loh , “Ka ming pawh. Kai loh ka mana ka dawn a?” a ti nah.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Te dongah BOEIPA loh Kain taengah, “Na mana Abel ta?” a ti nah hatah Kain loh, “Ka ming pawh. Kai loh ka mana ka dawn a? ” a ti nah.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

耶和华对 该隐说：「你兄弟 亚伯在哪里？」他说：「我不知道！我岂是看守我兄弟的吗？」

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

耶和華對 該隱說：「你兄弟 亞伯在哪裏？」他說：「我不知道！我豈是看守我兄弟的嗎？」

World Chinese Bible ☆

耶和华对该隐说：“你的弟弟亚伯在哪里？” 他说：“我不知道。我岂是看守我弟弟的吗？”

Croatian Bible ☆

Potom Jahve zapita Kajina: “Gdje ti je brat Abel?” “Ne znam”, odgovori. “Zar sam ja čuvar brata svoga?”

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

I řekl Hospodin Kainovi: Kdež jest Abel bratr tvůj? Kterýž odpověděl: Nevím. Zdaliž jsem já strážným bratra svého?

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Da sagde HERREN til Kain: “Hvor er din Broder Abel?” Han svarede: “Det ved jeg ikke; skal jeg vogte min Broder?”

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

En de HEERE zeide tot Kain: Waar is Habel, uw broeder? En hij zeide: Ik weet het niet; ben ik mijns broeders hoeder?

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Nu sprak Jahweh tot Kaïn: Waar is Abel uw broer? Hij zeide: Ik weet het niet; moet ik soms mijn broer nog bewaken?

Esperanto Bible ☆

Kaj la Eternulo diris al Kain: Kie estas via frato Habel? Kaj tiu diris: Mi ne scias; ĉu mi estas gardisto de mia frato?

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Et l’ Éternel dit à Caïn : Où est Abel, ton frère ? Et il dit : Je ne sais. Suis-je, moi, le gardien de mon frère ?

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Et l'Éternel dit à Caïn: Où est Abel ton frère? Et il répondit: Je ne sais; suis-je le gardien de mon frère, moi?

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

L’Éternel dit à Caïn: Où est ton frère Abel? Il répondit: Je ne sais pas; suis-je le gardien de mon frère?

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Le SEIGNEUR dit à Caïn : « Où est Abel, ton frère ? » Il répondit : « Je ne sais pas. Suis-je le gardien de mon frère ? »

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Und Jehova sprach zu Kain: Wo ist dein Bruder Abel? Und er sprach: Ich weiß nicht; bin ich meines Bruders Hüter?

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Da sprach der HERR zu Kain: Wo ist dein Bruder Abel? Er sprach: Ich weiß nicht; soll ich meines Bruders Hüter sein?

German Textbibel ☆

Da sprach Jahwe zu Kain: Wo ist dein Bruder Abel? Er aber sprach: ich weiß nicht; bin ich etwa der Hüter meines Bruders?

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Da sprach der HERR zu Kain: Wo ist dein Bruder Abel? Er sprach: Ich weiß es nicht! Soll ich meines Bruders Hüter sein?

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

καὶ εἶπε Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς πρὸς Κάϊν· ποῦ ἔστιν Ἄβελ ὁ ἀδελφός σου; καὶ εἶπεν· οὐ γινώσκω· μὴ φύλαξ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ μου εἰμὶ ἐγώ;

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Καὶ εἶπε Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς πρὸς Κάϊν· ποῦ ἔστιν Ἄβελ ὁ ἀδελφός σου; καὶ εἶπεν, οὐ γινώσκω· μὴ φύλαξ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ μου εἰμὶ ἐγώ;

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Seyè a mande Kayen. Kote Abèl, frè ou la? Kayen reponn. Mwen pa konnen. Eske ou te mete m' veye l'?

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Olelo mai la o Iehova ia Kaina, Auhea la o Abela o kou kaikaina! I aku la oia, Aole au i ike: owau anei ke kahu o kuu kaikaina!

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־קַ֔יִן אֵ֖י הֶ֣בֶל אָחִ֑יךָ וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ לֹ֣א יָדַ֔עְתִּי הֲשֹׁמֵ֥ר אָחִ֖י אָנֹֽכִי׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

ויאמר יהוה אל קין אי הבל אחיך ויאמר לא ידעתי השמר אחי אנכי׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

E il Signore disse a Caino: Ov' è Abele tuo fratello? Ed egli disse: Io non so; sono io guardiano del mio fratello?

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

E l’Eterno disse a Caino: “Dov’è Abele tuo fratello?” Ed egli rispose: “Non lo so; sono io forse il guardiano di mio fratello?”

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

主はカインに言われた。「あなたの弟アベルはどこにいるのか。」 彼は言った。「知りません。私は弟の番人でしょうか。」

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

여호와께서 가인에게 이르시되 네 아우 아벨이 어디 있느냐 ? 그가 가로되 `내가 알지 못하나이다 내가 내 아우를 지키는 자이니까 ?'

Kosraean Bible ☆

LEUM GOD El siyuk sel Cain, “El aya Abel, tamulel lom?” El topuk, “Nga nikin. Mea, nga mwet in liyaung tamulel luk uh?”

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Et ait Dominus ad Cain: Ubi est Abel frater tuus? Qui respondit: Nescio: num custos fratris mei sum ego?

Ngarrindjeri Scriptures ☆

Wunyitye Jehovah kurrin ityan Cain, Yangi Abel mai tarte? Werentun itye, Nowaiy ap nglemin; yarild atyan atte moerpun anai tarte?

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

پس خداوند به قائن گفت: «برادرت هابیل کجاست؟» گفت: «نمی دانم، مگر پاسبان برادرم هستم؟»

World Portuguese Bible ☆

O SENHOR disse a Caim: “Onde está Abel, seu irmão?” Ele respondeu: “Eu não sei. Sou eu o guardador do meu irmão?”

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

E o SENHOR disse a Caim: Onde está teu irmão Abel? E ele respondeu: Não sei; sou eu guarda do meu irmão?

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Şi DOMNUL i-a spus lui Cain: Unde este Abel, fratele tău? Iar el a spus: Nu ştiu; sunt eu păzitorul fratelui meu?

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Домнул а зис луй Каин: „Унде есте фрателе тэу Абел?” Ел а рэспунс: „Ну штиу. Сунт еу пэзиторул фрателуй меу?”

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

И сказал Господь Бог Каину: где Авель, брат твой? Он сказал: не знаю; разве я сторож брату моему?

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Tada reče Gospod Kajinu: Gde ti je brat Avelj? A on odgovori: Ne znam; zar sam ja čuvar brata svog?

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Тада рече Господ Кајину: Где ти је брат Авељ? А он одговори: Не знам; зар сам ја чувар брата свог?

Mashi Bible ☆

Go mango Nyakasane abwîzire Kayini, erhi: «Ngahi mulumuna wâwe Abeli ali?». Ashuza, erhi: «Ntamanyiri. Ka nie mmulanga mulumuna wâni?».

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Y Jehová dijo á Caín: ¿Dónde está Abel tu hermano? Y él respondió: No sé; ¿soy yo guarda de mi hermano?

Spanish BLL ☆

Entonces Yahvé le preguntó a Caín: “¿Dónde está tu hermano Abel?” “No lo sé respondió él. ¿Acaso soy yo el guardián de mi hermano?”

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Y Yahvé dijo a Caín: «¿Dónde está Abel tu hermano?» Y él respondió: «No sé. ¿Soy yo acaso guarda de mi hermano?»

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Y él Señor dijo a Caín: ¿Dónde está tu hermano Abel? Y él dijo: No tengo idea: ¿soy el guardián de mi hermano?

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Entonces Yavé preguntó a Caín: ¿Dónde está tu hermano Abel? Y él respondió: No sé. ¿Soy yo guardián de mi hermano?

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Revised West Version ☆

¶ Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia Keini, “Ko e fē ʻa ʻEpeli ko ho tehina?” Pea pehē ʻe ia, “ʻOku ʻikai te u ʻilo: he ko e tauhi au ʻa hoku tokoua?”

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

І рече Господь Каїнові: Де твій брат? А він каже: Не знаю. Хиба я сторож брата мого?

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

І рече Господь Каїнові: Де твій брат? А він каже: Не знаю. Хиба я сторож брата мого?

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Đức Giê-hô-va hỏi Ca-in rằng: A-bên, em ngươi, ở đâu? Thưa rằng: Tôi không biết; tôi là người giữ em tôi sao?

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־קַ֔יִן אֵ֖י הֶ֣בֶל אָחִ֑יךָ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ לֹ֣א יָדַ֔עְתִּי הֲשֹׁמֵ֥ר אָחִ֖י אָנֹֽכִי׃