{"author":null,"canonical_references":[],"database_sha256":"8cfbe7284c6936871d57c02dc6aa63ebbdfd4722422d539dd9f716e46e91112e","date_end":null,"date_start":null,"edition_year":null,"id":"sermonindex-ecf-5585","native_reference":{"book_number":10,"chapter_from":10,"chapter_to":10,"system":"MyBible module coordinates (mapping unverified)","verse_from":9,"verse_to":9},"public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"verse-keyed-module-record","review_required":["English edition and exact text","author/work attribution","dating","verse mapping and citation kind","reuse and attribution","split author quotations and deduplicate"],"review_status":"unreviewed","source_html":"<p><b>Bede</b>: From him came the proverb: Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord. It turned into a proverb because his deeds were unprecedented in his time; and the phrase before the Lord was added to magnify the crime, since it was evidently quite reckless and arrogant for a man on earth to dare live in such a way before the Lord, who looks down from heaven upon the children of men; whence it is clear that many at that time avoided doing such things due to fear of divine oversight, although another version has it that Nimrod was a giant hunter against the Lord. From the ambiguous Greek term, enantion, both can be interpreted. In fact, in the psalm where we sing let us weep before the Lord who made us (Psalms 95:6), the word is enantion Kyrion. This also appears in the book of Job, where it is written, You burst forth into rage against the Lord. The understanding about the giant is thus evident, that he was a mighty hunter of brute animals, as a powerful man; but because he was an impious man, he led a proud life against the will of the Creator.<br/><i>— Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron)</i></p><p><b>Bede</b>: From whom even today remains the proverb, so that it is said: Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord. With those imitating the devil who are on his side, it can very truly be said, because such people, when they hunt the souls of men either by their word or example to destruction, follow the deeds of the ancient transgressor and deceiver.<br/><i>— Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron)</i></p><p><b>Ephrem the Syrian</b>: Concerning Nimrod, Moses said, \"He was a mighty hunter before the Lord,\" because, according to the will of the Lord, it was he who fought with each of these nations and chased them out from there, so that they would go out and settle in the regions that had been set apart for them by God. \"Therefore it is said, like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord.\" One used to bless a chief or a ruler by saying, \"May you be like Nimrod, a mighty hunter who was victorious in the battles of the Lord.\"<br/><i>— COMMENTARY ON Genesis 8.1.2</i></p>","source_html_sha256":"338d734e370ee9cb69cd08fce7d965124bbaca57f563a419e46621e5f701d7f6","source_module":"ECF","source_row_id":5585,"source_url":"https://www.sermonindex.net/commentary/ecf/","text_sha256":"8ca15f67ae6f6b75038010a762c4f4ca77777d04b4669797e6dc8d1c08f47a09","translator":null,"work":null}