Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And Cush begat Nimrod: which Nimrod began to wax mighty upon the earth.

New American Standard Bible

Cush became the father of Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

King James Version

And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.

Holman Bible

Cush fathered Nimrod, who was the first to become a great warrior on earth.

International Standard Version

Cush fathered Nimrod. He became the first powerful ruler on the earth.

A Conservative Version

And Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

Cush became the father of Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one upon the earth.

Bible in Basic English

And Cush was the father of Nimrod: he was the first to be a great man in the earth.

Darby Translation

And Cush begot Nimrod: he began to be mighty on the earth.

Julia Smith Translation

And Cush begat Nimrod. He began to be strong in the earth.

King James 2000

And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And Cush fathered Nimrod; he himself began to be mighty on earth.

Modern King James verseion

And Cush fathered Nimrod. He began to be mighty on the earth.

NET Bible

Cush was the father of Nimrod, who established himself as a mighty warrior on earth.

New Heart English Bible

Cush became the father of Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

The Emphasized Bible

And, Cush, begat Nimrod, - he, began to be a mighty one in the earth.

Webster

And Cush begat Nimrod. He began to be mighty upon the earth.

World English Bible

Cush became the father of Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
כּוּשׁ 
Kuwsh 
Usage: 30

ילד 
Yalad 
Usage: 497

נמרד נמרוד 
Nimrowd 
Usage: 4

to be mighty
גּבּר גּבּור 
Gibbowr 
Usage: 159

References

Context Readings

From Adam To Abraham

9 The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dadan. 10 And Cush begat Nimrod: which Nimrod began to wax mighty upon the earth. 11 And Mizraim begat Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,

Cross References

Genesis 10:8-12

Cush also begot Nimrod, which began to be mighty in the earth:

Micah 5:6

these shall subdue the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with their naked weapons. Thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh within our land, and setteth his foot within our borders.

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