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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
ויאמר ארור כנען עבד עבדים יהיה לאחיו
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
vyAmr Arvr kn`n `bd `bdym yhyh lAKHyv

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
ait maledictus Chanaan servus servorum erit fratribus suis

King James Variants
American King James Version   
And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
Authorized (King James) Version   
And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
New King James Version   
Then he said: “Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants He shall be to his brethren.”
21st Century King James Version   
And he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.”

Other translations
American Standard Version   
And he said, Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
Darby Bible Translation   
And he said, Cursed be Canaan; Let him be a bondman of bondmen to his brethren.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
He said: Cursed be Chaanan, a servant of servants, shall he be unto his brethren.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
And he said, Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
he said, “Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”
God's Word   
So he said, "Canaan is cursed! He will be the lowest slave to his brothers.
Holman Christian Standard 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."
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."
New International Version   
he said, "Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers."
New Living Translation   
Then he cursed Canaan, the son of Ham: "May Canaan be cursed! May he be the lowest of servants to his relatives."
Webster's Bible Translation   
And he said, Cursed be Canaan, a servant of servants shall he be to his brethren.
The World English Bible   
He said, "Canaan is cursed. He will be servant of servants to his brothers."
EasyEnglish Bible   
He said, ‘I curse Canaan! He will become a slave that must serve his brothers.’
Young‘s Literal Translation   
and saith: `Cursed [is] Canaan, Servant of servants he is to his brethren.'
New Life Version   
So he said, “May Canaan be cursed! He will be a servant of servants to his brothers.”
The Voice Bible   
he uttered this curse: Noah: A curse upon your son, Canaan! May he become the lowest of servants to his brothers.
Living Bible   
When Noah awoke from his drunken stupor, and learned what had happened and what Ham, his younger son, had done, he cursed Ham’s descendants: “A curse upon the Canaanites,” he swore. “May they be the lowest of slaves To the descendants of Shem and Japheth.”
New Catholic Bible   
Because of this, he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A slave of slaves shall he be to his brothers!”
Legacy Standard Bible   
So he said, “Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants He shall be to his brothers.”
Jubilee Bible 2000   
And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a slave of slaves shall he be unto his brethren.
Christian Standard Bible   
he said: Canaan is cursed. He will be the lowest of slaves to his brothers.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
He exclaimed, Cursed be Canaan! He shall be the servant of servants to his brethren!
New Century Version   
he said, “May there be a curse on Canaan! May he be the lowest slave to his brothers.”
The Message   
When Noah woke up with his hangover, he learned what his youngest son had done. He said, Cursed be Canaan! A slave of slaves, a slave to his brothers! Blessed be God, the God of Shem, but Canaan shall be his slave. God prosper Japheth, living spaciously in the tents of Shem. But Canaan shall be his slave.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
He said: A curse on Canaan! He will be the lowest of servants to his brothers.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
he said, “Cursed be Canaan; lowest of slaves shall he be to his brothers.”
Good News Translation®   
he said, “A curse on Canaan! He will be a slave to his brothers.
Wycliffe Bible   
he said, Cursed be the child Canaan, he shall be (a) servant of servants to his brethren. (he said, Cursed be Ham’s child Canaan, let him be a slave of slaves to his brothers.)
Contemporary English Version   
he said, “I now put a curse on Canaan! He will be the lowest slave of his brothers.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
he said, “Cursed be Canaan; a slave of slaves shall he be to his brothers.”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
he said, “Cursed be Canaan; lowest of slaves shall he be to his brothers.”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
he said, ‘Cursed be Canaan; lowest of slaves shall he be to his brothers.’
Common English Bible © 2011   
He said, “Cursed be Canaan: the lowest servant he will be for his brothers.”
Amplified Bible © 2015   
So he said, “Cursed be Canaan [the son of Ham]; A servant of servants He shall be to his brothers.”
English Standard Version Anglicised   
he said, “Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
he said: “Cursed be Caanan! The lowest of slaves shall he be to his brothers.”
New American Standard Bible   
So he said, “Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants He shall be to his brothers.”
The Expanded Bible   
he said, “May there be a curse on Canaan [C the ancestor and representative of the inhabitants of Palestine that Israel displaced at the time of the conquest of the Promised Land; Josh. 1–12]! May he be the lowest ·slave [servant] to his brothers.”
Tree of Life Version   
So he said, “Cursed is Canaan: the lowest slave will he be to his brothers.”
Revised Standard Version   
he said, “Cursed be Canaan; a slave of slaves shall he be to his brothers.”
New International Reader's Version   
He said, “May a curse be put on Canaan! He will be the lowest of slaves to his brothers.”
BRG Bible   
And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
Complete Jewish Bible   
He said, “Cursed be Kena‘an; he will be a servant of servants to his brothers.”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
he said, ‘Cursed be Canaan; lowest of slaves shall he be to his brothers.’
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And he said, Arur (cursed) be Kena’an; an eved of avadim shall he be unto his achim.
Names of God Bible   
So he said, “Canaan is cursed! He will be the lowest slave to his brothers.
Modern English Version   
he said, “Canaan be cursed! He will be a servant of servants to his brothers.”
Easy-to-Read Version   
he said, “May there be a curse on Canaan! May he be a slave to his brothers.”
International Children’s Bible   
So Noah said, “May there be a curse on Canaan! May he be the lowest slave to his brothers.”
Lexham English Bible   
And he said, “Cursed be Canaan, a slave of slaves he shall be to his brothers.”
New International Version - UK   
he said, ‘Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers.’