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Genesis 9:23

KJV Bible

And 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.

King James Bible (KJV)

Genesis 9:23 in Bible Translations

King James Bible (KJV)

Primary

And 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.

American Standard Version (ASV)Read Genesis 9:23 in ASV →

And 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.

Douay Rheims Bible (DRB)Read Genesis 9:23 in DRB →

But Sem and Japheth put a cloak upon their shoulders, and going backward, covered the nakedness of their father: and their faces were turned away, and they saw not their father's nakedness.

Darby Bible Translation (DBT)Read Genesis 9:23 in DBT →

And Shem and Japheth took the upper garment and both laid it upon their shoulders, and went backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. And their faces were turned away, that they saw not their father's nakedness.

English Revised Version (ERV)Read Genesis 9:23 in ERV →

And 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.

Webster Bible Translation (WBT)Read Genesis 9:23 in WBT →

And 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.

World English Bible (WEB)Read Genesis 9:23 in WEB →

Shem 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.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)Read Genesis 9:23 in YLT →

And 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.

American King James Version (AKJV)Read Genesis 9:23 in AKJV →

And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on 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.

Weymouth New Testament (WNT)Read Genesis 9:23 in WNT →

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