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25 Then he cursed Canaan, the son of Ham:

“May Canaan be cursed!
    May he be the lowest of servants to his relatives.”

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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 replied, “I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave of sin.

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

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23 May you be cursed! From now on you will always be servants who cut wood and carry 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 ‘Cursed is anyone who dishonors father or mother.’

And all the people will reply, ‘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 the Israelites grew stronger, they forced the Canaanites to work as slaves, but they never did drive them completely out of the land.

29 The tribe of Ephraim failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer, so the Canaanites continued to live there among them.

30 The tribe of Zebulun failed to drive out the residents of Kitron and Nahalol, so the Canaanites continued to live among them. But the Canaanites were forced to work as slaves for the people of Zebulun.

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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 There were still some people living in the land who were not Israelites, including Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. 21 These were descendants of the nations whom the people of Israel had not completely destroyed.[a] So Solomon conscripted them as slaves, and they serve as forced laborers to this day.

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Footnotes

  1. 9:21 The Hebrew term used here refers to the complete consecration of things or people to the Lord, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering.

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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Footnotes

  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 that day he made the Gibeonites the woodcutters and water carriers for the community of Israel and for the altar of the Lord—wherever the Lord would choose to build it. And that is what they do to this day.

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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 the King will turn to those on the left and say, ‘Away with you, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his demons.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 25:41 Greek his angels.

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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There were still some people living in the land who were not Israelites, including the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. These were descendants of the nations whom the people of Israel had not destroyed. So Solomon conscripted them for his labor force, and they serve as forced laborers 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 Your children and your crops
    will be cursed.
The offspring of your herds and flocks
    will be cursed.

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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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A curse on their anger, for it is fierce;
    a curse on their wrath, for it is cruel.
I will scatter them among the descendants of Jacob;
    I will disperse them throughout 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 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw that his father was naked and went outside and told his brothers.

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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 Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has swallowed your brother’s blood.

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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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