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


In Context

5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles 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 Phut, and Canaan.

7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha; 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 the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.

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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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