hunter. Compare Jeremiah 16:16.
it is said.. later proverb of Semitic origin, as Jehovah was not known in Babylonia.
before. in defiance of (Genesis 6:11).
Related Commentaries of Genesis 10:9
Genesis 10:9
9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.