Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
His kingdom began in the region of Shinar with the cities of Babylon, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh.
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,
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.
New Heart English Bible
The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, 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
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 10:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
The 30 Descendants Of Ham
9 He became a fearless hunter in defiance of the LORD. That is why it is said, "Like Nimrod, a fearless hunter in defiance of the LORD." 10 His kingdom began in the region of Shinar with the cities of Babylon, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh. 11 From there he went north to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, and Calah,
Cross References
Genesis 11:2
As people migrated westward, they came across a plain in the region of Shinar and settled there.
Genesis 11:9
Therefore it was called Babylon, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth, and from there the LORD scattered them over the surface of the entire earth.
Genesis 14:1
At the time when Amraphel was king of Shinar, Arioch was king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer was king of Elam, and Tidal was king of the Goiim,
Isaiah 10:9
Isn't Calno like Carchemish? Isn't Hamath like Arpad? Isn't Samaria like Damascus?
Isaiah 11:11
At that time, the LORD will reach out his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that is left of his people, from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, 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 gift to Hezekiah, when he heard he had been sick and had survived.
Jeremiah 50:21
"Go up against the land of Merathaim and the inhabitants of Pekod. Kill them with swords, and completely destroy them," declares the LORD, "and do everything that I've commanded you.
Daniel 1:2
Within a week, the Lord handed King Jehoiakim of Judah over to him, along with valuable objects from the house of God. Nebuchadnezzar brought them to the temple of his god in the land of Shinar and stored them in its treasure house.
Amos 6:2
Cross over to Calneh and look around, then go on to that great city of Hamath, and from there go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Or is their territory more extensive than yours?
Micah 4:10
Be in pain! Be in labor, you daughter of Zion, like a woman about to give birth, because now you will depart from the city, living in the open fields. To Babylon you will go. There you will be delivered, there the LORD will rescue you from the power of your enemies."
Micah 5:6
The shepherds will devastate the land of Assyria with the sword, along with the entrances to the land of Nimrod. "This is how he will vanquish Assyria when he invades our land, trampling within our borders:
Zechariah 5:11
He answered me, "To the land of Shinar, so they can build a temple to the woman in the basket. Then when its preparations are complete, the basket will be set there in its place."