Genesis 10:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.””
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“He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.”
King James Version · Public Domain“He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah: wherefore it is said, Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before Jehovah.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“he hath begun to be a hero in the land; he hath been a hero in hunting before Jehovah; therefore it is said, `As Nimrod the hero <FI>in<Fi> hunting before Jehovah.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 10:9 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 6:4The 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.
- Genesis 6:11Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.
- Genesis 13:13But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.
- Genesis 25:27When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.
- Genesis 27:30As soon as Isaac had finished blessing him and Jacob had left his father’s presence, his brother Esau returned from the hunt.
- 2 Chronicles 28:22In the time of his distress, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.
- 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.”
- Jeremiah 16:16But for now I will send for many fishermen, declares the LORD, and they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill, even from the clefts of the rocks.
- Ezekiel 13:18and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on their wrists and make veils for the heads of people of every height, in order to ensnare their souls. Will you ensnare the souls of My people but preserve your own?
- Micah 7:2The 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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