Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

he said, "Canaan is cursed! He will be the lowest of slaves to his relatives."

New American Standard Bible

So he said,
Cursed be Canaan;
A servant of servants
He shall be to his brothers.”

King James Version

And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

Holman Bible

he said:

Canaan will be cursed.
He will be the lowest of slaves to his brothers.

A Conservative Version

And he said, Cursed be Canaan. He shall be a servant of servants to his brothers.

American Standard Version

And he said, Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

Amplified

So he said,

“Cursed be Canaan [the son of Ham];
A servant of servants
He shall be to his brothers.”

Bible in Basic English

Cursed be Canaan; let him be a servant of servants to his brothers.

Darby Translation

And he said, Cursed be Canaan; Let him be a bondman of bondmen to his brethren.

Julia Smith Translation

And he will say, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be to his brethren.

King James 2000

And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And he said, "Cursed [be] Canaan, a slave of slaves he shall be to his brothers."

Modern King James verseion

And he said, Cursed be Canaan. He shall be a servant of servants to his brothers.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

he said, "Cursed be Canaan, and a servant, of all servants be he to his brethren."

NET Bible

So he said, "Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves he will be to his brothers."

New Heart English Bible

He said, "Canaan is cursed. He will be servant of servants to his brothers."

The Emphasized Bible

And he said, Accursed be Canaan, - a servant of servants, shall he be to his brethren!

Webster

And he said, Cursed be Canaan, a servant of servants shall he be to his brethren.

World English Bible

He said, "Canaan is cursed. He will be servant of servants to his brothers."

Youngs Literal Translation

and saith: 'Cursed is Canaan, Servant of servants he is to his brethren.'

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ארר 
'arar 
Usage: 63

be Canaan
כּנען 
K@na`an 
Usage: 93

עבד 
`ebed 
Usage: 800

עבד 
`ebed 
Usage: 800

References

Context Readings

Noah's Descendants

24 When Noah sobered up and learned what his youngest son had done to him, 25 he said, "Canaan is cursed! He will be the lowest of slaves to his relatives." 26 He also said, "Blessed be the LORD God of Shem, and may Canaan be his slave.

Cross References

Joshua 9:23

Now therefore you are under a curse. Some of you will always be slaves, wood cutters, and water carriers for the house of my God."

Deuteronomy 27:16

""Cursed is the one who treats his father and mother with dishonor.' "Then all the people are to respond by saying, "Amen!'

John 8:34

Jesus answered them, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, that everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.

1 Kings 9:20-21

The people who survived from the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not related to the Israelis,

Genesis 3:14

The LORD God told the Shining One, "Because you have done this, you are more cursed than all the livestock, and more than all the earth's animals, You'll crawl on your belly and eat dust as long as you live.

Genesis 4:11

Now you're more cursed than the ground, which has opened to receive your brother's blood from your hand.

Genesis 9:22

Ham, who fathered Canaan, saw his father's genitals and told his two brothers outside.

Genesis 49:7

Their anger is cursed, because it is so fierce, as is their vehemence, because it is so cruel. I will separate them throughout Jacob's territory and disperse them throughout Israel."

Deuteronomy 28:18

"Cursed will your children be, as well as the produce of your land, the offspring of your beasts and cattle, and the offspring of your flock.

Joshua 9:27

However, on that very day Joshua made them become wood cutters and water carriers for the congregation and for the LORD's altar in the place that he should choose, and this tradition continues to this day.

Judges 1:28-30

When Israel had grown strong, they subjected the Canaanites to conscripted labor and never did expel them completely.

2 Chronicles 8:7-8

All of the survivors who remained living in the land but who were not Israelis (including Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites)

Matthew 25:41

"Then he will say to those on his left, "Get away from me, you who are accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the Devil and his angels!

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