Genesis 5:29

In other versions

• 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.

  ASV

• And he gave him the name of Noah, saying, Truly, he will give us rest from our trouble and the hard work of our hands, because of the earth which was cursed by God.

  BBE

• 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.

  DBY

• and he named him Noah, saying, "This same will comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, because of the ground which Yahweh has cursed."

  WEB

• and calleth his name Noah, saying, `This `one' doth comfort us concerning our work, and concerning the labour of our hands, because of the ground which Jehovah hath cursed.'

  YLT

• And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD has cursed.

  ENG

• And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.

  WBT

• And he named him Noah, saying, “May this one comfort us in the labor and toil of our hands caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed.”

  BSB

In context

Cross-references

• Matthew 24:37
• Luke 3:36
• Hebrews 11:7
• 2 Peter 2:5
• Ezekiel 14:20
• Ezekiel 14:14
• Genesis 9:24
• Isaiah 54:9
• Genesis 3:17-19
• Genesis 7:23

People in this verse

• Noah