Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

God doth give beauty to Japheth, And he dwelleth in tents of Shem, And Canaan is servant to him.'

New American Standard Bible

May God enlarge Japheth,
And let him dwell in the tents of Shem;
And let Canaan be his servant.”

King James Version

God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

Holman Bible

God will extend Japheth;
he will dwell in the tents of Shem;
Canaan will be his slave.

International Standard Version

May God make room for Japheth; may God live in Shem's tents, and may Canaan serve him."

A Conservative Version

God enlarge Japheth, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem. And let Canaan be his servant.

American Standard Version

God enlarge Japheth, And let him dwell in the tents of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant.

Amplified


“May God enlarge [the land of] Japheth,
And let him dwell in the tents of Shem;
And let Canaan be his servant.”

Bible in Basic English

May God make Japheth great, and let his living-place be in the tents of Shem, and let Canaan be his servant.

Darby Translation

Let God enlarge Japheth, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem, And let Canaan be his bondman.

Julia Smith Translation

God will dilate Japheth; he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be servant to him.

King James 2000

God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

Lexham Expanded Bible

May God make space for Japheth, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem, and let Canaan be a slave for him."

Modern King James verseion

God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem. And Canaan shall be their servant.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

God increase Japheth that he may dwell in the tents of Shem. And Canaan be their servant."

NET Bible

May God enlarge Japheth's territory and numbers! May he live in the tents of Shem and may Canaan be his slave!"

New Heart English Bible

May God enlarge Japheth. Let him dwell in the tents of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant."

The Emphasized Bible

God give extension to Japheth, But make his habitation in the tents of Shem, And let Canaan be their servant.

Webster

God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

World English Bible

May God enlarge Japheth. Let him dwell in the tents of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant."

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
God
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

פּתה 
Pathah 
Usage: 28

יפת 
Yepheth 
Usage: 11

and he shall dwell
שׁכן 
Shakan 
Usage: 128

in the tents
אהל 
'ohel 
Usage: 345

of Shem
שׁם 
Shem 
Usage: 17

and Canaan
כּנען 
K@na`an 
Usage: 93

Context Readings

Noah's Descendants

26 And he saith: 'Blessed of Jehovah my God is Shem, And Canaan is servant to him. 27 God doth give beauty to Japheth, And he dwelleth in tents of Shem, And Canaan is servant to him.' 28 And Noah liveth after the deluge three hundred and fifty years;


Cross References

Isaiah 11:10

And there hath been, in that day, A root of Jesse that is standing for an ensign of peoples, Unto him do nations seek, And his rest hath been -- honour!

Hosea 2:14

Therefore, lo, I am enticing her, And have caused her to go to the wilderness, And I have spoken unto her heart,

Malachi 1:11

For, from the rising of the sun to its going in, Great is My name among nations, And in every place perfume is brought nigh to My name, and a pure present, For great is My name among nations, Said Jehovah of Hosts.

Acts 17:14

and then immediately the brethren sent forth Paul, to go on as it were to the sea, but both Silas and Timothy were remaining there.

Romans 11:12

and if the fall of them is the riches of a world, and the diminution of them the riches of nations, how much more the fulness of them?

Romans 15:12

and again, Isaiah saith, 'There shall be the root of Jesse, and he who is rising to rule nations -- upon him shall nations hope;'

Ephesians 2:13-14

and now, in Christ Jesus, ye being once afar off became nigh in the blood of the Christ,

Ephesians 2:19

Then, therefore, ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens of the saints, and of the household of God,

Ephesians 3:6

that the nations be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in the Christ, through the good news,

Ephesians 3:13

wherefore, I ask you not to faint in my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

Hebrews 11:9-10

by faith he did sojourn in the land of the promise as a strange country, in tabernacles having dwelt with Isaac and Jacob, fellow-heirs of the same promise,

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