Genesis 10:9

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

He was a mighty hunter before the LORD.(That is why it is said,“Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 6:4 : 4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days(and also after this) when the sons of God would sleep with the daughters of humankind, who gave birth to their children. They were the mighty heroes of old, the famous men.
  • Gen 6:11 : 11 The earth was ruined in the sight of God; the earth was filled with violence.
  • Gen 13:13 : 13 (Now the people of Sodom were extremely wicked rebels against the LORD.)
  • Gen 25:27 : 27 When the boys grew up, Esau became a skilled hunter, a man of the open fields, but Jacob was an even-tempered man, living in tents.
  • Gen 27:30 : 30 Isaac had just finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had scarcely left his father’s presence, when his brother Esau returned from the hunt.
  • 2 Chr 28:22 : 22 During his time of trouble King Ahaz was even more unfaithful to the LORD.
  • Ps 52:7 : 7 “Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector! He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others.”
  • Jer 16:16 : 16 But for now I, the LORD, say:“I will send many enemies who will catch these people like fishermen. After that I will send others who will hunt them out like hunters from all the mountains, all the hills, and the crevices in the rocks.
  • Ezek 13:18 : 18 and say‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Woe to those who sew bands on all their wrists and make headbands for heads of every size to entrap people’s lives! Will you entrap my people’s lives, yet preserve your own lives?
  • Mic 7:2 : 2 Faithful men have disappeared from the land; there are no godly men left. They all wait in ambush to shed blood; they hunt their own brother with a net.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 10:8
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    8Cush was the father of Nimrod; he began to be a valiant warrior on the earth.

  • 1 Chr 1:10
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    10Cush was the father of Nimrod, who established himself as a mighty warrior on earth.

  • Gen 10:10-11
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    10The primary regions of his kingdom were Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar.

    11From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,

  • Gen 11:9
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    9That is why its name was called Babel– because there the LORD confused the language of the entire world, and from there the LORD scattered them across the face of the entire earth.

  • Mic 5:6
    66%

    6They will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, the land of Nimrod with a drawn sword. Our king will rescue us from the Assyrians should they attempt to invade our land and try to set foot in our territory.

  • Ps 135:10
    65%

    10He defeated many nations, and killed mighty kings–

  • Gen 11:4
    65%

    4Then they said,“Come, let’s build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens so that we may make a name for ourselves. Otherwise we will be scattered across the face of the entire earth.”

  • Job 41:10
    64%

    10Is it not fierce when it is awakened? Who is he, then, who can stand before it?

  • Amos 5:9
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    9He flashes destruction down upon the strong so that destruction overwhelms the fortified places.)

  • Gen 4:15
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    15But the LORD said to him,“All right then, if anyone kills Cain, Cain will be avenged seven times as much.” Then the LORD put a special mark on Cain so that no one who found him would strike him down.

  • Gen 6:4
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    4The Nephilim were on the earth in those days(and also after this) when the sons of God would sleep with the daughters of humankind, who gave birth to their children. They were the mighty heroes of old, the famous men.