Genesis 9:20 Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.

English Standard Version
Noah began to be a man of the soil, and he planted a vineyard.

New American Standard Bible
Then Noah began farming and planted a vineyard.

King James Bible
And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Noah, a man of the soil, was the first to plant a vineyard.

International Standard Version
Noah, a man of the soil, was the first to plant and farm a vineyard.

American Standard Version
And Noah began to be a husbandman, and planted a vineyard:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Noe, a husbandman, began to till the ground, and planted a vineyard.

Darby Bible Translation
And Noah began to be a husbandman, and planted a vineyard.

Young's Literal Translation
And Noah remaineth a man of the ground, and planteth a vineyard,

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

9:18-23 The drunkenness of Noah is recorded in the Bible, with that fairness which is found only in the Scripture, as a case and proof of human weakness and imperfection, even though he may have been surprised into the sin; and to show that the best of men cannot stand upright, unless they depend upon Divine grace, and are upheld thereby. Ham appears to have been a bad man, and probably rejoiced to find his father in an unbecoming situation. It was said of Noah, that he was perfect in his generations, ch.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

20. And Noah … planted a vineyard—Noah had been probably bred to the culture of the soil, and resumed that employment on leaving the ark.