Genesis 9 - Compare Translations
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Genesis 9:1
KJVAnd God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
WEBGod blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and replenish the earth.
YLTAnd God blesseth Noah, and his sons, and saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth;
Genesis 9:2
KJVAnd the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
WEBThe fear of you and the dread of you will be on every animal of the earth, and on every bird of the sky. Everything that moves along the ground, and all the fish of the sea, are delivered into your hand.
YLTand your fear and your dread is on every beast of the earth, and on every fowl of the heavens, on all that creepeth on the ground, and on all fishes of the sea -- into your hand they have been given.
Genesis 9:3
KJVEvery moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
WEBEvery moving thing that lives will be food for you. As I gave you the green herb, I have given everything to you.
YLTEvery creeping thing that is alive, to you it is for food; as the green herb I have given to you the whole;
Genesis 9:4
KJVBut flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
WEBBut flesh with its life, that is, its blood, you shall not eat.
YLTonly flesh in its life -- its blood -- ye do not eat.
Genesis 9:5
KJVAnd surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.
WEBI will surely require your life’s blood. At the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, I will require the life of man.
YLT`And only your blood for your lives do I require; from the hand of every living thing I require it, and from the hand of man, from the hand of every man's brother I require the life of man;
Genesis 9:6
KJVWhoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
WEBWhoever sheds man’s blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.
YLTwhoso sheddeth man's blood, by man is his blood shed: for in the image of God hath He made man.
Genesis 9:7
KJVAnd you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
WEBBe fruitful and multiply. Increase abundantly in the earth, and multiply in it.”
YLTAnd ye, be fruitful and multiply, teem in the earth, and multiply in it.'
Genesis 9:8
KJVAnd God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
WEBGod spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,
YLTAnd God speaketh unto Noah, and unto his sons with him, saying,
Genesis 9:9
KJVAnd I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
WEB“As for me, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your offspring after you,
YLT`And I, lo, I am establishing My covenant with you, and with your seed after you,
Genesis 9:10
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Genesis 9:11
KJVAnd I will establish my covenant with you, neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
WEBI will establish my covenant with you: All flesh will not be cut off any more by the waters of the flood. There will never again be a flood to destroy the earth.”
YLTAnd I have established My covenant with you, and all flesh is not any more cut off by waters of a deluge, and there is not any more a deluge to destroy the earth.'
Genesis 9:12
KJVAnd God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
WEBGod said, “This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
YLTAnd God saith, `This is a token of the covenant which I am giving between Me and you, and every living creature that [is] with you, to generations age-during;
Genesis 9:13
KJVI do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
WEBI set my rainbow in the cloud, and it will be a sign of a covenant between me and the earth.
YLTMy bow I have given in the cloud, and it hath been for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth;
Genesis 9:14
KJVAnd it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
WEBWhen I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow will be seen in the cloud,
YLTand it hath come to pass (in My sending a cloud over the earth) that the bow hath been seen in the cloud,
Genesis 9:15
KJVAnd I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
WEBI will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh, and the waters will no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
YLTand I have remembered My covenant which is between Me and you, and every living creature among all flesh, and the waters become no more a deluge to destroy all flesh;
Genesis 9:16
KJVAnd the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
WEBThe rainbow will be in the cloud. I will look at it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.”
YLTand the bow hath been in the cloud, and I have seen it -- to remember the covenant age-during between God and every living creature among all flesh which [is] on the earth.'
Genesis 9:17
KJVAnd God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.
WEBGod said to Noah, “This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth.”
YLTAnd God saith unto Noah, `This [is] a token of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that [is] upon the earth.'
Genesis 9:18
KJVAnd the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.
WEBThe sons of Noah who went out from the ship were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham is the father of Canaan.
YLTAnd the sons of Noah who are going out of the ark are Shem, and Ham, and Japheth; and Ham is father of Canaan.
Genesis 9:19
KJVThese are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.
WEBThese three were the sons of Noah, and from these, the whole earth was populated.
YLTThese three [are] sons of Noah, and from these hath all the earth been overspread.
Genesis 9:20
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Genesis 9:21
KJVAnd he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
WEBHe drank of the wine and got drunk. He was uncovered within his tent.
YLTand drinketh of the wine, and is drunken, and uncovereth himself in the midst of the tent.
Genesis 9:22
KJVAnd Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
WEBHam, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.
YLTAnd Ham, father of Canaan, seeth the nakedness of his father, and declareth to his two brethren without.
Genesis 9:23
KJVAnd Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
WEBShem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were backwards, and they didn’t see their father’s nakedness.
YLTAnd Shem taketh -- Japheth also -- the garment, and they place on the shoulder of them both, and go backward, and cover the nakedness of their father; and their faces [are] backward, and their father's nakedness they have not seen.
Genesis 9:24
KJVAnd Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
WEBNoah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done to him.
YLTAnd Noah awaketh from his wine, and knoweth that which his young son hath done to him,
Genesis 9:25
KJVAnd he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
WEBHe said,
YLTand saith: `Cursed [is] Canaan, Servant of servants he is to his brethren.'
Genesis 9:26
KJVAnd he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
WEBHe said,
YLTAnd he saith: `Blessed of Jehovah my God [is] Shem, And Canaan is servant to him.
Genesis 9:27
KJVGod shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
WEBMay God enlarge Japheth.
YLTGod doth give beauty to Japheth, And he dwelleth in tents of Shem, And Canaan is servant to him.'
Genesis 9:28
KJVAnd Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
WEBNoah lived three hundred fifty years after the flood.
YLTAnd Noah liveth after the deluge three hundred and fifty years;
Genesis 9:29
KJVAnd all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.
WEBAll the days of Noah were nine hundred fifty years, and then he died.
YLTand all the days of Noah are nine hundred and fifty years, and he dieth.
29 verses compared across 3 translations - KJV, WEB, YLT