1 Chronicles 1:10
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.
1 Chronicles 1:10 in other translations
| BSB | Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth. |
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| WEB | Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one on the earth. |
| ASV | And Cush begat Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth. |
| YLT | And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the land. |
| DARBY | And Cush begot Nimrod: he began to be mighty on the earth. |
| BBE | And Cush was the father of Nimrod: he was the first to be a great man in the earth. |
| Webster | And Cush begat Nimrod. He began to be mighty upon the earth. |
What does 1 Chronicles 1:10 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 1:4-23
4-23. Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth--The three sons of this patriarch are enumerated, partly because they were the founders of the new world, and partly because the fulfilment of Noah's prophecy (Ge 9:25-27) could not otherwise appear to have been verified.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Chronicles 1:1-27
This chapter, and many that follow, repeat the genealogies, or lists of fathers and children in the Bible history, and put them together, with many added. When compared with other places, there are some differences found; yet we must not therefore stumble at the word, but bless God that the things necessary to salvation are plain enough. The original of the Jewish nation is here traced from the first man that God…
1 Chronicles 1:10 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Chronicles 1:10
- Genesis 10:8-12
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, …
- Micah 5:6
And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.
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Context
- 1 Chronicles 1:9
And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
- 1 Chronicles 1:10
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.
- 1 Chronicles 1:11
And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
1 Chronicles 1:10 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Chûs engendró á Nimrod: éste comenzó á ser poderoso en la tierra. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | – Et Cush engendra Nimrod: lui, commença à être puissant sur la terre. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Kusch zeugte Nimrod; der fing an, ein Gewaltiger zu sein auf der Erde. - |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Chus autem genuit Nemrod: iste cœpit esse potens in terra. |