Genesis 4:6
Good News Translation
Then the LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why that scowl on your face?

New Revised Standard Version
The LORD said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your countenance fallen?

Contemporary English Version
The LORD said to Cain: What's wrong with you? Why do you look so angry?

New American Bible
Then the LORD said to Cain: Why are you angry? Why are you dejected?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord said to him: Why art thou angry? and why is thy countenance fallen?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the Lord said to him: Why art thou angry? and why is thy countenance fallen?

1 Chronicles 13:11-13 And David was troubled because the Lord had divided Oza: and he called that place the Breach of Oza to this day. . . .

Job 5:2 Anger indeed killeth the foolish, and envy slayeth the little one.

Isaiah 1:18 And then come, and accuse me, saith the Lord: if your sins be as scarlet, they shall be made as white as snow: and if they be red as crimson, they shall be white as wool.

Jeremiah 2:5,31 Thus saith the Lord: What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain? . . .

John 4:1-4,8-11 When Jesus therefore understood the Pharisees had heard that Jesus maketh more disciples and baptizeth more than John . . .

Micah 6:3-5 O my people, what have I done to thee, or in what have I molested thee? answer thou me. . . .

Matthew 20:15 Or, is it not lawful for me to do what I will? Is thy eye evil, because I am good?

Luke 15:31,32 But he said to him: Son, thou art always with me; and all I have is thine. . . .

Context
Cain and Abel
5But to Cain and his offerings he had no respect: and Cain was exceeding angry, and his countenance fell. 6And the Lord said to him: Why art thou angry? and why is thy countenance fallen?7If thou do well, shalt thou not receive? but if ill, shall not sin forthwith be present at the door? but the lust thereof shall be under thee, and thou shalt have dominion over it.…
Cross References
Jonah 4:4
And now, O Lord, I beseech thee take my life from me: for it is better for me to die than to live.

Genesis 4:7
If thou do well, shalt thou not receive? but if ill, shall not sin forthwith be present at the door? but the lust thereof shall be under thee, and thou shalt have dominion over it.

Genesis 4:5
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