Gen 4:23 | NET2full | STEP | Lamech said to his wives , “ Adah and Zillah , listen to me ! You wives of Lamech , hear my words ! I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man for hurting me.

‏ Genesis 4:23

23 Lamech said to his wives,
“Adah and Zillah, listen to me!
You wives of Lamech, hear my words!
I have killed a man for wounding me,
a young man ^{▼▼tn The Hebrew term יֶלֶד (yeled) probably refers to a youthful warrior here, not a child.} for hurting me.