Genesis 10:9
He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.
Genesis 10:9 in other translations
| BSB | He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.” |
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| WEB | He was a mighty hunter before the LORD. Therefore it is said, “like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD”. |
| ASV | He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah: wherefore it is said, Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before Jehovah. |
| YLT | he hath begun to be a hero in the land; he hath been a hero in hunting before Jehovah; therefore it is said, ‘As Nimrod the hero in hunting before Jehovah.' |
| DARBY | He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah; therefore it is said, As Nimrod, the mighty hunter before Jehovah! |
| BBE | He was a very great bowman, so that there is a saying, Like Nimrod, a very great bowman. |
| Webster | He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. |
What does Genesis 10:9 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 10:8-14
Nimrod was a great man in his day; he began to be mighty in the earth, Those before him were content to be upon the same level with their neighbours, and though every man bare rule in his own house, yet no man pretended any further. Nimrod was resolved to lord it over his neighbours. The spirit of the giants before the flood, who became mighty men, and men of renown, Ge 6:4, revived in him. Nimrod was a great…
Genesis 10:9 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 10:9
- 2 Chronicles 28:22
And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the Lord: this is that king Ahaz.
- Genesis 6:11
The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
- Genesis 27:30
And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
- Genesis 25:27
And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
- Genesis 13:13
But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.
- Genesis 6:4
There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
- Psalms 52:7
Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
- Micah 7:2
The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
- Jeremiah 16:16
Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the Lord, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
- Ezekiel 13:18
And say, Thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you?
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Context
- Genesis 10:8
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
- Genesis 10:9
He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.
- Genesis 10:10
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Genesis 10:9 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Este fué vigoroso cazador delante de Jehová; por lo cual se dice: Así como Nimrod, vigoroso cazador delante de Jehová. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | il fut un puissant chasseur devant l’ Éternel; c’est pourquoi on dit: Comme Nimrod, puissant chasseur devant l’ Éternel. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Er war ein gewaltiger Jäger vor Jehova; darum sagt man: Wie Nimrod, ein gewaltiger Jäger vor Jehova! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et erat robustus venator coram Domino. Ob hoc exivit proverbium: Quasi Nemrod robustus venator coram Domino. |