Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

The name of the second river is Gihon; it flows around the whole land of Cush.

King James Version

And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.

Holman Bible

The name of the second river is Gihon, which flows through the entire land of Cush.

International Standard Version

The name of the second river is Gihon it winds through the entire land of Cush.

A Conservative Version

And the name of the second river is Gihon. The same is it which encompasses the whole land of Cush.

American Standard Version

And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Cush.

Amplified

The name of the second river is Gihon; it flows around the entire land of Cush [in Mesopotamia].

Bible in Basic English

And the name of the second river is Gihon: this river goes round all the land of Cush.

Darby Translation

And the name of the second river is Gihon: that is it which surrounds the whole land of Cush.

Julia Smith Translation

And the name of the second river, Gihon: that surrounding all the land of Cush.

King James 2000

And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that encompasses the whole land of Cush.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And the name of the second [is] Gihon. It went around all the land of Cush.

Modern King James verseion

And the name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one that surrounds the whole land of Cush.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The name of the second river is Gihon, which compasseth all the land of Cush.

NET Bible

The name of the second river is Gihon; it runs through the entire land of Cush.

New Heart English Bible

The name of the second river is Gihon; it goes around the whole land of Cush.

The Emphasized Bible

And the name of the second river, is Gihon, - the same, is that which surroundeth all the land of Cush,

Webster

And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same that compasseth the whole land of Cush.

World English Bible

The name of the second river is Gihon: the same river that flows through the whole land of Cush.

Youngs Literal Translation

and the name of the second river is Gibon, it is that which is surrounding the whole land of Cush;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the name
שׁם 
Shem 
Usage: 865

of the second
שׁני 
Sheniy 
Usage: 156

נהר 
Nahar 
Usage: 119

is Gihon
גּחון גּיחון 
Giychown 
Usage: 6

the same is it that compasseth
סבב 
Cabab 
Usage: 157

the whole land
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

Context Readings

The Generations Of Heaven And Earth

12 The gold of that land is good; the bdellium and the onyx stone are there. 13 The name of the second river is Gihon; it flows around the whole land of Cush. 14 The name of the third river is Tigris; it flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.



Cross References

Genesis 10:6

The sons of Ham were Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan.

Isaiah 11:11

Then it will happen on that day that the Lord
Will again recover the second time with His hand
The remnant of His people, who will remain,
From Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath,
And from the islands of the sea.

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