Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

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.

International Standard Version

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

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.

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.'

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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 As soon as Noah was awaked from his wine and wist what his youngest son had done unto him, 25 he said, "Cursed be Canaan, and a servant, of all servants be he to his brethren." 26 And he said, "Blessed be the LORD God of Shem, and Canaan be his servant.

Cross References

Joshua 9:23

And now therefore cursed be you, and there shall not cease to be of you, bondmen and hewers of wood and drawers of water unto the house of my God."

Deuteronomy 27:16

"'Cursed be he that curseth his father or his mother.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

John 8:34

Jesus answered them, "Verily, verily I say unto you, That whosoever committeth sin, is the servant of sin.

1 Kings 9:20-21

And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel,

Genesis 3:14

And the LORD God said unto the serpent, "Because thou hast so done, most cursed be thou of all cattle and of all beasts of the field. Upon thy belly shalt thou go, and earth shalt thou eat all days of thy life.

Genesis 4:11

And now cursed be thou as pertaining to the earth, which opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood of thine hand.

Genesis 9:22

And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father's privities, and told his two brethren that were without.

Genesis 49:7

Cursed be their wrath for it was strong, and their fierceness for it was cruel. I will therefore divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

Deuteronomy 28:18

Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy land be and the fruit of thine oxen and the flocks of thy sheep.

Joshua 9:27

And Joshua made them that same day hewers of wood and drawers of water unto the congregation and unto the altar of God unto this day, in the place which God should choose.

Judges 1:28-30

But as soon as Israel was waxed mighty, they put the Cananites to tribute: but expelled them not.

2 Chronicles 8:7-8

And all the people that were left of the Hittites, Amorites, Perezites, Hivites and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel -

Matthew 25:41

Then shall the King say unto them that shall be on the left hand, 'Depart from me ye cursed, into everlasting fire, which is prepared for the devil and his angels.

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