Genesis 4:12 - Common English Bible

When you farm the fertile land, it will no longer grow anything for you, and you will become a roving nomad on the earth.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

when thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength; you shall be a fugitive and a vagabond on the earth [in perpetual exile, a degraded outcast].

American Standard Version (1901)

when thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee its strength; a fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be in the earth.

Catholic Public Domain Version

When you work it, it will not give you its fruit; a vagrant and a fugitive shall you be upon the land."