Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
New American Standard Bible
The beginning of his kingdom was
King James Version
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Holman Bible
His kingdom started with Babylon,
International Standard Version
His kingdom began in the region of Shinar with the cities of Babylon, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh.
A Conservative Version
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
American Standard Version
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Amplified
The beginning of his kingdom was
Bible in Basic English
And at the first, his kingdom was Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Darby Translation
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Julia Smith Translation
And the beginning of his kingdom shall be Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
King James 2000
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Now, the beginning of his kingdom [was] Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Modern King James verseion
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar:
NET Bible
The primary regions of his kingdom were Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar.
The Emphasized Bible
So the beginning of his kingdom came to be Babel, and Erech, and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Webster
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
World English Bible
The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the first part of his kingdom is Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar;
Themes
Accad » A city conquered » By nimrod
Assyria » An empire founded by nimrod
Assyria » Antiquity and origin of
Babylon » General references to
Babylon » Empire of » Called land of shinar
Babylon » City of » In the land of shinar
Babylon » Empire of » Founded by nimrod
Babylon » City of » Built by nimrod
Calneh » Also called canneh and calno, a city of assyria
Erech » A city » A city of shinar
Ham » Son of noah » His children
Nations » The origin of the post-flood nations
Interlinear
References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 10:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
The 30 Descendants Of Ham
9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD. Therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD." 10 The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11 Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,
Cross References
Genesis 11:2
It happened, as they traveled from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
Genesis 11:9
Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth. From there, the LORD scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.
Genesis 14:1
It happened in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch, king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of Goiim,
Isaiah 10:9
Isn't Calno like Carchemish? Isn't Hamath like Arpad? Isn't Samaria like Damascus?"
Isaiah 11:11
It will happen in that day that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant that is left of his people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
Isaiah 39:1
At that time, Merodach Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah; for he heard that he had been sick, and had recovered.
Jeremiah 50:21
"Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: kill and utterly destroy after them," says the LORD, "and do according to all that I have commanded you.
Daniel 1:2
The Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God; and he carried them into the land of Shinar to the house of his god: and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.
Amos 6:2
Go to Calneh, and see; and from there go to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they better than these kingdoms? or is their border greater than your border?
Micah 4:10
Be in pain, and labor to bring forth, daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail; for now you will go forth out of the city, and will dwell in the field, and will come even to Babylon. There you will be rescued. There the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies.
Micah 5:6
They will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in its gates. He will deliver us from the Assyrian, when he invades our land, and when he marches within our border.
Zechariah 5:11
He said to me, "To build her a house in the land of Shinar. When it is prepared, she will be set there in her own place."