25 he said,

(A)“Cursed be Canaan;
    (B)a servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”

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25 he said,

“Cursed(A) be Canaan!(B)
    The lowest of slaves
    will he be to his brothers.(C)

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34 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, (A)everyone who practices sin is a slave[a] to sin.

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Footnotes

  1. John 8:34 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; also verse 35

34 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.(A)

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23 Now therefore you are cursed, and some of you shall never be anything but servants, (A)cutters of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.”

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23 You are now under a curse:(A) You will never be released from service as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”

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16 (A)“‘Cursed be anyone who dishonors his father or his mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

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16 “Cursed is anyone who dishonors their father or mother.”(A)

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

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28 When Israel grew strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but did not drive them out completely.

29 (A)And Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites lived in Gezer among them.

30 Zebulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, or the inhabitants of (B)Nahalol, so the Canaanites lived among them, but became subject to forced labor.

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28 When Israel became strong, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor but never drove them out completely.(A) 29 Nor did Ephraim(B) drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer,(C) but the Canaanites continued to live there among them.(D) 30 Neither did Zebulun drive out the Canaanites living in Kitron or Nahalol, so these Canaanites lived among them, but Zebulun did subject them to forced labor.

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20 All the people who were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of the people of Israel— 21 (A)their descendants who were left after them in the land, (B)whom the people of Israel were unable to devote to destruction[a](C)these Solomon drafted to be (D)slaves, and so they are to this day.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 9:21 That is, set apart (devote) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)

20 There were still people left from the Amorites, Hittites,(A) Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites(B) (these peoples were not Israelites). 21 Solomon conscripted the descendants(C) of all these peoples remaining in the land—whom the Israelites could not exterminate[a](D)—to serve as slave labor,(E) as it is to this day.

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  1. 1 Kings 9:21 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.

27 But Joshua made them that day (A)cutters of wood and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of the Lord, to this day, (B)in the place that he should choose.

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27 That day he made the Gibeonites(A) woodcutters and water carriers(B) for the assembly, to provide for the needs of the altar of the Lord at the place the Lord would choose.(C) And that is what they are to this day.

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41 “Then he will say to those on his left, (A)‘Depart from me, you (B)cursed, into (C)the eternal fire prepared for (D)the devil and his angels.

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41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me,(A) you who are cursed, into the eternal fire(B) prepared for the devil and his angels.(C)

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(A)All the people who were left of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel, from their descendants who were left after them in the land, whom the people of Israel had not destroyed—these Solomon drafted (B)as forced labor, and so they are to this day.

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There were still people left from the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites(A) (these people were not Israelites). Solomon conscripted(B) the descendants of all these people remaining in the land—whom the Israelites had not destroyed—to serve as slave labor, as it is to this day.

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18 Cursed shall be the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock.

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18 The fruit of your womb will be cursed, and the crops of your land, and the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.(A)

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Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce,
    and their wrath, for it is cruel!
I will (A)divide them in Jacob
    and scatter them in Israel.

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Cursed be their anger, so fierce,
    and their fury,(A) so cruel!(B)
I will scatter them in Jacob
    and disperse them in Israel.(C)

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22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside.

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22 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked(A) and told his two brothers outside.

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11 And now (A)you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.

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11 Now you are under a curse(A) and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.

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