His kingdom started with Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. ,
Genesis 10:9 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised He was a powerful hunter in the sight of the Lord. That is why it is said, ‘Like Nimrod, a powerful hunter in the sight of the Lord.’ Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah: wherefore it is said, Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before Jehovah. Common English Bible The LORD saw him as a great hunter, and so it is said, “Like Nimrod, whom the LORD saw as a great hunter.” Catholic Public Domain Version And he was an able hunter before the Lord. From this, a proverb came forth: 'Just like Nimrod, an able hunter before the Lord.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he was a stout hunter before the Lord. Hence came a proverb: Even as Nemrod the stout hunter before the Lord. |
His kingdom started with Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. ,
(Now the men of Sodom were evil, sinning immensely against the Lord.)
When the boys grew up, Esau became an expert hunter, an outdoorsman, but Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.
As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob and Jacob had left the presence of his father Isaac, his brother Esau arrived from his hunting.
Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with wickedness.
The Nephilim were on the earth both in those days and afterwards, when the sons of God came to the daughters of mankind, who bore children to them. They were the powerful men of old, the famous men.
At the time of his distress, King Ahaz himself became more unfaithful to the Lord.
which sends envoys by sea, in reed vessels over the water. Go, swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth-skinned, to a people feared far and near, a powerful nation with a strange language, whose land is divided by rivers.
‘I am about to send for many fishermen’ #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #‘and they will fish for them. Then I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill and out of the clefts of the rocks,
Say, “This is what the Lord God says: Woe to the women who sew magic bands on the wrist of every hand and who make veils for the heads of people of every size in order to ensnare lives. Will you ensnare the lives of my people but preserve your own?
Faithful people have vanished from the land; there is no one upright among the people. All of them wait in ambush to shed blood; they hunt each other with a net.