Genesis 4:7 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 4:7 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
הֲל֤וֹא
lôʼ
H3808
not
אִם
ʼim
H518
if
תֵּיטִיב֙
yâṭab
H3190
to be good
שְׂאֵ֔ת
sᵉʼêth
H7613
exaltation
וְאִם֙
ʼim
H518
if
לֹ֣א
lôʼ
H3808
not
תֵיטִ֔יב
yâṭab
H3190
to be good
לַפֶּ֖תַח
pethach
H6607
doorway
חַטָּ֣את
chaṭṭâʼâh
H2403
sin offering
רֹבֵ֑ץ
râbats
H7257
to lie down
וְאֵלֶ֨יךָ֙
ʼêl
H413
to
תְּשׁ֣וּקָת֔וֹ
tᵉshûwqâh
H8669
desire
וְאַתָּ֖ה
ʼattâh
H859
you
תִּמְשָׁל
mâshal
H4910
to rule
בּֽוֹ
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World English Bible Public Domain
If you do well, will it not be lifted up? If you don't do well, sin crouches at the door. Its desire is for you, but you are to rule over it."
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King James Version Public Domain
If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
If you do right, will not accepted? But if you do not do right, sin is crouching at the door, and its desire for you, but you must rule over it.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).