Devine Scripture

Genesis 10:8

Genesis chapter 10 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

Context

v.7And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan.

v.8This passage

v.9He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah: wherefore it is said, Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before Jehovah.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Micah 5:6

    And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our border.