Genesis 10:8
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.In other versions
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
ASV
And Cush was the father of Nimrod, who was the first of the great men of the earth.
BBE
And Cush begot Nimrod: he began to be mighty on the earth.
DBY
Cush became the father of Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
WEB
And Cush hath begotten Nimrod;
YLT
And Cush brings forth Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
ENG
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
WBT
Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.
BSB
In context
6And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
7And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
8And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
9He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
10And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Cross-references
People in this verse
- Cush
- Nimrod