Parallel Verses

NET Bible

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

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.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

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 awoke from his drunken stupor he learned what his youngest son had done to him. 25 So he said, "Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves he will be to his brothers." 26 He also said, "Worthy of praise is the Lord, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem!

Cross References

Joshua 9:23

Now you are condemned to perpetual servitude as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God."

Deuteronomy 27:16

Cursed is the one who disrespects his father and mother.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'

John 8:34

Jesus answered them, "I tell you the solemn truth, everyone who practices sin is a slave of sin.

1 Kings 9:20-21

Now several non-Israelite peoples were left in the land after the conquest of Joshua, including the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

Genesis 3:14

The Lord God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all the wild beasts and all the living creatures of the field! On your belly you will crawl and dust you will eat all the days of your life.

Genesis 4:11

So now, you are banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.

Genesis 9:22

Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father's nakedness and told his two brothers who were outside.

Genesis 49:7

Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their fury, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel!

Deuteronomy 28:18

Your children will be cursed, as well as the produce of your soil, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.

Joshua 9:27

and that day made them woodcutters and water carriers for the community and for the altar of the Lord at the divinely chosen site. (They continue in that capacity to this very day.)

Judges 1:28-30

Whenever Israel was strong militarily, they forced the Canaanites to do hard labor, but they never totally conquered them.

2 Chronicles 8:7-8

Now several non-Israelite peoples were left in the land after the conquest of Joshua, including the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

Matthew 25:41

"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels!

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