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Genesis 10:9

Nimrod

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

8 Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.

He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”

10 His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

11 From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”
KJV
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
WEB
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD. Therefore it is said, “like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD”.
ASV
He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah: wherefore it is said, Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before Jehovah.
DARBY
He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah; therefore it is said, As Nimrod, the mighty hunter before Jehovah!
BLB
He was a mighty hunter before the face of YHWH; upon thus it is said: “Like Nimrod, [a] mighty hunter before the face of YHWH.”
ÅB
Han var en veldig jeger for Herrens åsyn; derfor sier folk: En veldig jeger for Herrens åsyn som Nimrod.
OTB
Han var en mektig jeger for Herren; derfor sier man: "Som Nimrod, en mektig jeger for Herren."
B1930
Han var en veldig jeger for Herrens åsyn; derfor sier folk: En veldig jeger for Herrens åsyn som Nimrod.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 2 Chronicles 28:22

    In the time of his distress, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.

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  • Genesis 6:11

    Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.

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  • Genesis 27:30

    As soon as Isaac had finished blessing him and Jacob had left his father’s presence, his brother Esau returned from the hunt.

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  • Genesis 25:27

    When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.

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  • Genesis 13:13

    But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.

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  • Genesis 6:4

    The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.

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  • Psalms 52:7

    “Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”

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  • Micah 7:2

    The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.

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