Genesis 10:8
King James Version (KJV)
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
In context
6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Genesis 10:8 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
- WEB World English Bible
- Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one on the earth.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And Cush hath begotten Nimrod;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And Cush begot Nimrod: he began to be mighty on the earth.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.