Genesis 4:6
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And the Lord said to him: Why art thou angry? and why is thy countenance fallen?

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.

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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.…
Lexicon
“Why
לָ֚מָּה (lām·māh)
Preposition-l | Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

are you angry,”
חָ֣רָה (ḥā·rāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2734: To glow, grow warm, to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy

said
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

the LORD
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

Cain,
קָ֑יִן (qā·yin)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7014: Cain -- a city in southern Judah

“and why
וְלָ֖מָּה (wə·lām·māh)
Conjunctive waw | Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

is your face
פָנֶֽיךָ׃ (p̄ā·ne·ḵā)
Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

downcast?
נָפְל֥וּ (nā·p̄ə·lū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5307: To fall, lie


Additional Translations
“Why are you angry,” said the LORD to Cain, “and why has your countenance fallen?And the LORD said to Cain, Why are you wroth? and why is your countenance fallen?

And Jehovah said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

And the Lord God said to Cain, Why art thou become very sorrowful and why is thy countenance fallen?

And Jehovah said to Cain, Why art thou angry, and why is thy countenance fallen?

And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

And the LORD said to Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

Yahweh said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why has the expression of your face fallen?

And Jehovah saith unto Cain, 'Why hast thou displeasure? and why hath thy countenance fallen?
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