The beginning of his kingdom was Bavel, Erekh, Akkad, and Kalneh, in the land of Shin`ar.
Genesis 10:9 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) He was a mighty hunter before the LORD. Therefore it is said, *Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.* Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
The beginning of his kingdom was Bavel, Erekh, Akkad, and Kalneh, in the land of Shin`ar.
Kush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one in the earth.
Now the men of Sedom were exceedingly wicked and sinners against the LORD.
The boys grew. Esav was a skillful hunter, a man of the field. Ya`akov was a quiet man, living in tents.
It happened, as soon as Yitzchak had made an end of blessing Ya`akov, and Ya`akov had just gone out from the presence of Yitzchak his father, that Esav his brother came in from his hunting.
The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
The Nefilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when God's sons came in to men's daughters. They bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
In the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD, this same king Achaz.
*Behold, this is the man who didn't make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.*
that sends ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus on the waters, saying, *Go, you swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people awesome from their beginning onward, a nation that measures out and treads down, whose land the rivers divide!*
Behold, I will send for many fishermen, says the LORD, and they shall fish them up; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.
and say, Thus says the Lord GOD: Woe to the women who sew pillows on all elbows, and make kerchiefs for the head of [persons of] every stature to hunt souls! Will you hunt the souls of my people, and save souls alive for yourselves?
The godly man has perished out of the earth, and there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; every man hunts his brother with a net.