complete verse (Genesis 4:10)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 4:10:

  • Kankanaey: “Whereupon God said, ‘Why did you (sing.) do that? I saw the blood of your (sing.) younger-sibling that flowed-down onto the soil, and it is like it requests to be revenged.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The LORD said — ‘What is this [that] you have done? Your younger brother’s blood has been giving voice to me from within the earth.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then the LORD said to Cain, ‘What have you done? The blood of your brother seems-like a voice that is-pleading that I punish the man who killed him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Yahweh said, ‘You have done a terrible thing! So now it is as though your younger brother’s voice is crying to me from the ground, demanding that his death must be avenged.” (Source: Translation for Translators)