Other translations
American Standard Version
If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, Truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
Darby Bible Translation
If Cain shall be avenged seven-fold; Lemech seventy and seven fold.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
Sevenfold vengeance shall be taken for Cain: but for Lamech seventy times sevenfold.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, Truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
If Cain’s revenge is sevenfold, then Lamech’s is seventy-sevenfold.”
God's Word
If Cain is avenged 7 times, then Lamech, 77 times."
Holman Christian Standard Bible
If Cain is to be avenged seven times over, then for Lamech it will be seventy-seven times!
International Standard Version
For if Cain is being avenged seven times, then Lamech will be avenged 77 times."
NET Bible
If Cain is to be avenged seven times as much, then Lamech seventy-seven times!"
New American Standard Bible
If Cain is avenged sevenfold, Then Lamech seventy-sevenfold."
New International Version
If Cain is avenged seven times, then Lamech seventy-seven times."
New Living Translation
If someone who kills Cain is punished seven times, then the one who kills me will be punished seventy-seven times!"
Webster's Bible Translation
If Cain shall be avenged seven-fold, truly Lamech seventy and seven-fold.
The World English Bible
If Cain will be avenged seven times, truly Lamech seventy-seven times."
EasyEnglish Bible
If someone kills Cain, God will punish that person seven times more. But if someone attacks me, I will punish that person 77 times more!’
Young‘s Literal Translation
For sevenfold is required for Cain, And for Lamech seventy and sevenfold.'
New Life Version
If those who hurt Cain are punished seven times worse, then those who hurt Lamech will be punished seventy-seven times worse.”
The Voice Bible
Here’s how I see it: if Cain is avenged seven times, then surely Lamech must be avenged seventy-seven times!
Living Bible
If anyone who kills Cain will be punished seven times, anyone taking revenge against me for killing that youth should be punished seventy-seven times!”
New Catholic Bible
If Cain received a vengeance of sevenfold, Lamech will receive one of seventy-sevenfold.”
Legacy Standard Bible
If Cain is avenged sevenfold, Then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”
Jubilee Bible 2000
if Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy times seven.
Christian Standard Bible
If Cain is to be avenged seven times over, then for Lamech it will be seventy-seven times!
Amplified Bible © 1954
If Cain is avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech [will be avenged] seventy-sevenfold.
New Century Version
If Cain’s killer is punished seven times, then Lamech’s killer will be punished seventy-seven times.”
The Message
Lamech said to his wives, Adah and Zillah, listen to me; you wives of Lamech, hear me out: I killed a man for wounding me, a young man who attacked me. If Cain is avenged seven times, for Lamech it’s seventy-seven!
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
If Cain will be avenged seven times, then Lamech will be avenged seventy-seven times.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
If Cain is avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”
Good News Translation®
If seven lives are taken to pay for killing Cain, Seventy-seven will be taken if anyone kills me.”
Wycliffe Bible
(if) vengeance shall be given sevenfold of Cain, forsooth of Lamech seventy times seven times. (if vengeance shall be given seven times for Cain, then for Lamech it shall be seventy-seven times.)
Contemporary English Version
Anyone who tries to get even with me will be punished ten times more than anyone who tries to get even with Cain.”
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
If Cain is avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
If Cain is avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
If Cain is avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy-sevenfold.’
Common English Bible © 2011
so Cain will be paid back seven times and Lamech seventy-seven times.”
Amplified Bible © 2015
“If Cain is avenged sevenfold [as the Lord said he would be], Then Lamech [will be avenged] seventy-sevenfold.”
English Standard Version Anglicised
If Cain's revenge is sevenfold, then Lamech's is seventy-sevenfold.”
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
If Cain is avenged seven times, then Lamech seventy-seven times.”
New American Standard Bible
If Cain is avenged seven times, Then Lamech seventy-seven times!”
The Expanded Bible
If ·Cain’s killer is punished [L Cain is avenged] seven times [4:15], then ·Lamech’s killer will be punished [L Lamech will be avenged] seventy-seven times.” [C Lamech falsely thought he could get away with murder.]
Tree of Life Version
If Cain is to be avenged seven times, then Lamech—77 times!”
Revised Standard Version
If Cain is avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”
New International Reader's Version
Anyone who would have killed Cain would have been paid back seven times. But anyone who hurts me will be paid back 77 times.”
BRG Bible
If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
Complete Jewish Bible
If Kayin will be avenged sevenfold, then Lemekh seventy-sevenfold!”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
If Cain is avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy-sevenfold.’
Orthodox Jewish Bible
If Kayin (Cain) shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and seven times over.
Names of God Bible
If Cain is avenged 7 times, then Lamech, 77 times.”
Modern English Version
If Cain will be avenged sevenfold, then truly Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”
Easy-to-Read Version
The punishment for killing Cain was very bad. But the punishment for killing me will be many times worse!”
International Children’s Bible
Cain’s killer may be punished 7 times. Then Lamech’s killer will be punished 77 times.”
Lexham English Bible
If Cain is avenged sevenfold, Then Lamech will be avenged seventy and seven times.
New International Version - UK
If Cain is avenged seven times, then Lamech seventy-seven times.’