Genesis 5:29
Genesis 5:29 — The New International Version (NIV)
29 He named him Noah and said, “He will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the Lord has cursed.”
Genesis 5:29 — English Standard Version (ESV)
29 and called his name Noah, saying, “Out of the ground that the Lord has cursed, this one shall bring us relief from our work and from the painful toil of our hands.”
Genesis 5:29 — New Living Translation (NLT)
29 Lamech named his son Noah, for he said, “May he bring us relief from our work and the painful labor of farming this ground that the Lord has cursed.”
Genesis 5:29 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
29 And he called his name Noah, saying, “This one will comfort us concerning our work and the toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord has cursed.”
Genesis 5:29 — New Century Version (NCV)
29 Lamech named his son Noah and said, “He will comfort us in our work, which comes from the ground the Lord has cursed.”
Genesis 5:29 — American Standard Version (ASV)
29 and he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, which cometh because of the ground which Jehovah hath cursed.
Genesis 5:29 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This one shall comfort us concerning our work and concerning the toil of our hands, because of the ground which Jehovah has cursed.
Genesis 5:29 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
29 He named him Noah [Relief], and said, “This child will bring us relief from the work and painful labor of our hands since the Lord has cursed the ground.”
Genesis 5:29 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
29 And he named him Noah, saying, “This one will bring us relief from the agonizing labor of our hands, caused by the ground the Lord has cursed.”
Genesis 5:29 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
29 he named him Noah, saying, “Out of the ground that the Lord has cursed this one shall bring us relief from our work and from the toil of our hands.”
Genesis 5:29 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
29 And he called his name Noah, saying, “This one shall relieve us from our work, and from the hard labor of our hands, from the ground which Yahweh had cursed.
Genesis 5:29 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
29 He named him Noah. Lamech said, “He will comfort us when we are working. He’ll comfort us when our hands work so hard they hurt. We have to work hard. That’s because the Lord has put a curse on the ground.”
Genesis 5:29 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
29 Now he called his name Noah, saying, “This one will give us rest from our work and from the toil of our hands arising from the ground which the Lord has cursed.”