Verse 9

He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh. Therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahweh."

Referenced Verses

• Gen 6:4 : 4 The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when God's sons came in to men's daughters. They bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
• Gen 6:11 : 11 The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
• Gen 13:13 : 13 Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinners against Yahweh.
• Gen 25:27 : 27 The boys grew. Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field. Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents.
• Gen 27:30 : 30 It happened, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob had just gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
• 2 Chr 28:22 : 22 In the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against Yahweh, this same king Ahaz.
• Ps 52:7 : 7 "Behold, this is the man who didn't make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness."
• Jer 16:16 : 16 Behold, I will send for many fishermen, says Yahweh, and they shall fish them up; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.
• Ezek 13:18 : 18 and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Woe to the women who sew pillows on all elbows, and make kerchiefs for the head of [persons of] every stature to hunt souls! Will you hunt the souls of my people, and save souls alive for yourselves?
• Mic 7:2 : 2 The godly man has perished out of the earth, and there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; every man hunts his brother with a net.