Genesis 9:23 — all translations

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

ASV Byzantine Text

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.

Asang Khongca Bible

Toe Shem hoi Japheth mah loe kahni to lak hoi moe, palaeng ah a thuengh hoi tahang pacoengah, hnukbang angqoi hoi moe, bangkrai ah kaom ampa to a khuk hoi; hnukbang angqoi hoi pongah bangkrai ah kaom ampa to hnu hoi ai.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Tedae Shem neh Japheth long tah himbai te a loh rhoi tih amamih rhoi kah a nam ah a khueh rhoi. Te phoeiah a hnuk long caehnawt rhoi tih a napa kah a yah te a khuk pah rhoi. Tedae a hmai khoep a hoi rhoi dongah a napa kah a yah te hmu rhoi pawh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Tedae Shem neh Japheth long tah himbai te a loh rhoi tih amamih rhoi kah a nam ah a khueh rhoi. Te phoeiah a hnuk long caehnawt rhoi tih a napa kah a yah te a khuk pah rhoi. Tedae a hmai khoep a hoi rhoi dongah a napa kah a yah te hmu rhoi pawh.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Lalau aku la o Sema laua o Iapeta i ka aahu. a kau iho la maluna o ko laua mau poohiwi. a hele hope aku la laua. a uhi iho la i kahi hilahila o ko laua makuakane: ua huli hope ko laua mau maka. a ike ole aku laua i kahi hilahila o ko laua makuakane.

English Berean Standard Bible

Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Men, Sèm ak Jafè pran yon gwo rad, yo chak pran yon bout, yo pase l' dèyè do yo, yo kenbe l' anwo zepòl yo. Yo mache pa do, yo antre, yo kouvri papa yo san yo pa janm vire tèt yo gade dèyè. Konsa yo pa wè papa yo toutouni.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

At vero Sem et Japheth pallium imposuerunt humeris suis, et incedentes retrorsum, operuerunt verenda patris sui: faciesque eorum aversæ erant, et patris virilia non viderunt.

Bible in Basic English

And Shem and Japheth took a robe, and putting it on their backs went in with their faces turned away, and put it over their father so that they might not see him unclothed.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Et Sem et Japheth prirent le manteau et le mirent, les deux, sur leurs épaules et marchèrent en arrière et couvrirent la nudité de leur père ; et leur visage était [tourné] en arrière, et ils ne virent pas la nudité de leur père.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Tedy vzali Sem a Jáfet oděv, kterýžto oba položili na ramena svá, a jdouce zpátkem, zakryli hanbu otce svého; tváři pak jich byly odvráceny, a hanby otce svého neviděli.

Kosraean Bible

Na Shem ac Japheth eis nuknuk loeloes se ac filiya finpisaltal. Eltal kohloli nu in lohm nuknuk sac ac afinya papa tumaltal. Mutaltal ngetla lukel tuh eltal in tia liye koflufol lal.

World Portuguese Bible

Sem e Jafé pegaram uma capa, colocaram-na sobre os ombros de ambos, entraram de costas e cobriram a nudez de seu pai. Seus rostos estavam virados para trás, e eles não viram a nudez de seu pai.

Romanian BTF Bible

Şi Sem şi Iafet au luat o haină şi au pus-o peste amândoi umerii lor şi au mers cu spatele şi au acoperit goliciunea tatălui lor şi feţele lor erau întoarse şi nu au văzut goliciunea tatălui lor.

Brenton English Septuagint

And Sem and Japheth having taken a garment, put it on both their backs and went backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their face was backward, and they saw not the nakedness of their father.

Burmese Common Language Bible

ထိုအခါရှေမနှင့်ယာဖက်တို့သည်ဝတ်ရုံတစ်ထည်ကို မိမိတို့၏ပခုံးများပေါ်တွင်တင်၍ယူခဲ့ကြ၏။ သူတို့သည်တဲထဲသို့ကျောခိုင်းဝင်လာကြပြီးလျှင် သူတို့၏ဖခင်အားလွှမ်းခြုံပေးကြ၏။ ဖခင်ကိုယ်တုံးလုံးရှိသည့်အဖြစ်ကိုမမြင်စေရန် မျက်နှာလွှဲထားကြ၏။-

Darby Translation

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.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Da nahmen Sem und Japhet das Obergewand und legten es beide auf ihre Schultern und gingen rücklings und bedeckten die Blöße ihres Vaters; und ihre Angesichter waren abgewandt, und sie sahen die Blöße ihres Vaters nicht.

Dutch Bible 1917

Toen namen Sem en Jafeth een kleed, en zij leiden het op hun beider schouderen, en gingen achterwaarts, en bedekten de naaktheid huns vaders; en hun aangezichten waren achterwaarts gekeerd, zodat zij de naaktheid huns vaders niet zagen.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Maar Sem en Jáfet haalden een mantel, legden die allebei op hun schouders, liepen achterwaarts binnen, en met afgewend gelaat bedekten ze de schaamte van hun vader, zodat ze de schaamte van hun vader niet zagen.

Italian Diodati Bible

Ma Sem e Iafet presero un mantello, e se lo misero amendue in su le spalle; e, camminando a ritroso, copersero le vergogne del padre loro; e le faccie loro erano volte indietro, tal che non videro le vergogne del padre loro .

Douay-Rheims 1899

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then tooke Shem and Iapheth a garment, and put it vpon both their shoulders, and went backwarde, and couered the nakednesse of their father with their faces backwarde: so they sawe not their fathers nakednesse.

Danish Bible 1931

men Sem og Jafet tog Kappen, lagde den på deres Skuldre og gik baglæns ind og tildækkede deres Faders Blusel med bortvendte Ansigter, så de ikke så deres Faders Blusel.

Leeser Tanakh

And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon the shoulders of both of them, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were turned backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 Version

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 Version + Apocrypha

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.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Nhưng Sem và Gia-phết đều lấy áo choàng vắt trên vai mình, đi thùi lui đến đắp khuất thân cho cha; và bởi họ xây mặt qua phía khác, nên chẳng thấy sự trần truồng của cha chút nào.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

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.

Revised West Version

Pea naʻe toʻo ʻe Semi mo Sefeti ʻae kofu, pea na ai ia ki hona uma, pea naʻa na fakaholomui, pea ʻufiʻufi ʻae telefua ʻo ʻena tamai, pea naʻe hanga kimui hona mata, pea naʻe ʻikai mamata ʻekinaua ki he telefua ʻo ʻena tamai.

French Ostervald Bible

Mais Sem et Japhet prirent le manteau, le mirent tous deux sur leurs épaules, et marchant en arrière, ils couvrirent la nudité de leur père; et comme leurs visages étaient tournés, ils ne virent point la nudité de leur père.

Esperanto Bible

Kaj Ŝem kaj Jafet prenis la veston kaj metis ĝin sur siajn ŝultrojn, kaj iris dorsdirekte kaj kovris la nudecon de sia patro; kaj iliaj vizaĝoj estis turnitaj malantaŭen, kaj la nudecon de sia patro ili ne vidis.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Alors Sem et Japhet prirent le manteau, le mirent sur leurs épaules, marchèrent à reculons, et couvrirent la nudité de leur père; comme leur visage était détourné, ils ne virent point la nudité de leur père.

German Luther Bible 1912

Da nahmen Sem und Japheth ein Kleid und legten es auf ihrer beider Schultern und gingen rücklings hinzu und deckten des Vaters Blöße zu; und ihr Angesicht war abgewandt, daß sie ihres Vater Blöße nicht sahen.

LXX2012 U. S. English

And Sem and Japheth having taken a garment, put it on both their backs and went backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their face was backward, and they saw not the nakedness of their father.

British English Septuagint 2012

And Sem and Japheth having taken a garment, put it on both their backs and went backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their face was backward, and they saw not the nakedness of their father.

Majority Standard BIble

Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.

Webster 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.

Open English Bible (Commonwealth)

But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it upon both their shoulders and went backward to cover the nakedness of their father, their faces being turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.

Open English Bible (US)

But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it upon both their shoulders and went backward to cover the nakedness of their father, their faces being turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.

Revised Version

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.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Ma Sem e Jafet presero il suo mantello, se lo misero assieme sulle spalle, e camminando all’indietro, coprirono la nudità del loro padre; e siccome aveano la faccia vòlta alla parte opposta, non videro la nudità del loro padre.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Sem et Japhet prirent un manteau, le mirent sur leurs deux épaules, marchèrent à reculons, et couvrirent la nudité de leur père. Leurs visages étaient détournés, et ils ne virent pas la nudité de leur père.

Reina Valera 1909

Entonces Sem y Japhet tomaron la ropa, y la pusieron sobre sus propios hombros, y andando hacia atrás, cubrieron la desnudez de su padre, teniendo vueltos sus rostros, y así no vieron la desnudez de su padre.

Spanish BLL

Entonces Sem y Jafet tomaron un manto y, poniéndoselo sobre los hombros, entraron caminando de espaldas para no ver la desnudez de su padre, y lo cubrieron. Como caminaban de espaldas, no lo vieron desnudo.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Entonces Sem y Jafet tomaron la ropa, y la pusieron sobre sus propios hombros, y andando hacia atrás, cubrieron la desnudez de su padre, teniendo vueltos sus rostros, y así no vieron la desnudez de su padre.

Croatian Bible

Šem i Jafet uzmu ogrtač, obojica ga prebace sebi preko ramena pa njime, idući natraške, pokriju očevu golotinju. Lica im bijahu okrenuta na drugu stranu, tako te ne vidješe oca gola.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

A Sim i Jafet uzeše haljinu, i ogrnuše je obojica na ramena svoja, i idući natraške pokriše njom golotinju oca svog, licem natrag okrenuvši se da ne vide golotinje oca svog.

Targum Onkelos Etheridge

And Shem and Yapheth took a mantle, and laid it upon the shoulders of both, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were averted, and the nakedness of their father they saw not.

German Textbibel

Da nahmen Sem und Japhet das Obergewand, legten es auf ihre Schulter und deckten rückwärts gehend die Blöße ihres Vaters zu; ihr Gesicht aber war abgewandt, so daß sie die Blöße ihres Vater nicht sahen.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

And Shem and Japheth having taken a garment, put it on both their backs and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their face was backward, and they saw not the nakedness of their father.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

וַיִּקַּח֩ שֵׁ֨ם וָיֶ֜פֶת אֶת־הַשִּׂמְלָ֗ה וַיָּשִׂ֨ימוּ֙ עַל־שְׁכֶ֣ם שְׁנֵיהֶ֔ם וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ אֲחֹ֣רַנִּ֔ית וַיְכַסּ֕וּ אֵ֖ת עֶרְוַ֣ת אֲבִיהֶ֑ם וּפְנֵיהֶם֙ אֲחֹ֣רַנִּ֔ית וְעֶרְוַ֥ת אֲבִיהֶ֖ם לֹ֥א רָאֽוּ׃