Genesis 9:25
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”
In context
23 Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.
24 When Noah awoke from his drunkenness and learned what his youngest son had done to him,
25 he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”
26 He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.
27 May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”
Genesis 9:25 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”
- KJV King James Version
- And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
- WEB World English Bible
- He said, “Canaan is cursed. He will be a servant of servants to his brothers.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And he said, Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and saith: 'Cursed [is] Canaan, Servant of servants he is to his brethren.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And he said, Cursed be Canaan; Let him be a bondman of bondmen to his brethren.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And he said, Cursed be Canaan, a servant of servants shall he be to his brethren.