Genesis 4:10 And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood cries to me from the ground. Coleridge tells of an Italian who assassinated a nobleman in Rome, and fled to Hamburg for safety. He had not passed many weeks before, one day, in the crowded street, he heard his name called by a voice familiar to him; he turned short round, and saw the face of his victim looking at him with a fixed eye. From that moment he no peace: at all hours, in all places, and amidst all companies, however engaged had he might be, he heard the voice, and could never help looking around; and whenever he so looked round he always encountered the same face, staring close upon him. The Italian said he had struggled long, but life was a burden which he could now no longer bear; and he was resolved to return to Rome, to surrender himself to justice, and expiate his crime on the scaffold. Parallel Verses KJV: And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.WEB: Yahweh said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries to me from the ground. |
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