8And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.


In Context

5 Of these were the isles of the nations divided in their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

6 And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan.

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

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

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

10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

Genesis 10:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:8And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

10:8Cush was the father of Nimrod, who grew to be a mighty warrior on the earth.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:8Now Chus begot Nemrod: he began to be mighty on earth.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:8And Cush hath begotten Nimrod;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:8And Cush begot Nimrod: he began to be mighty on the earth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:8And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:8And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:8Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one in the earth.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:8And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.