(NIV)
The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush.
The
name of the
second river is the
Gihon.
It is the one that
flowed around the
whole land of
Cush.
(NIV)
Miriam and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his Cushite wife, for he had married a Cushite.
Miriam and
Aaron spoke against
Moses because
of the
Cushite woman whom he had
married,
for he had
married a
Cushite woman.
(NIV)
Then Joab said to a Cushite, ‘Go, tell the king what you have seen.’ The Cushite bowed down before Joab and ran off.
Then
Joab said to the
Cushite, “
Go,
tell the
king what you have
seen.” The
Cushite bowed before
Joab, and
ran.
(NIV)
Ahimaaz son of Zadok again said to Joab, ‘Come what may, please let me run behind the Cushite.’
But Joab replied, ‘My son, why do you want to go? You don’t have any news that will bring you a reward.’
Then
Ahimaaz the
son of
Zadok said again to Joab, “Come
what may,
let me
also run after the
Cushite.” And
Joab said, “
Why will
you run, my
son, seeing that you will have
no reward for the
news?”
(NIV)
He said, ‘Come what may, I want to run.’
So Joab said, ‘Run!’ Then Ahimaaz ran by way of the plain and outran the Cushite.
“Come
what may,” he said, “I will
run.” So he
said to him, “
Run.” Then
Ahimaaz ran by the
way of the
plain, and
outran the
Cushite.
(NIV)
Then the Cushite arrived and said, ‘My lord the king, hear the good news! The
Lord has vindicated you today by delivering you from the hand of all who rose up against you.’
And
behold, the
Cushite came, and the
Cushite said, “Good
news for my
lord the
king!
For the
Lord has
delivered you this
day from the
hand of
all who
rose up against you.”
(NIV)
The king asked the Cushite, ‘Is the young man Absalom safe?’
The Cushite replied, ‘May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up to harm you be like that young man.’
The
king said to the
Cushite,
“Is it
well with the
young man Absalom?” And the
Cushite answered,
“May the
enemies of my
lord the
king and
all who rise up against you for
evil be like that
young man.”
(NIV)
Now Sennacherib received a report that Tirhakah, the king of Cush, was marching out to fight against him. So he again sent messengers to Hezekiah with this word:
Now the king
heard concerning Tirhakah king of
Cush, “Behold, he has
set out to
fight against you.” So he
sent messengers again to Hezekiah,
saying,
(NIV)
This is what happened during the time of Xerxes, the Xerxes who ruled over 127 provinces stretching from India to Cush :
Now in the
days of
Ahasuerus, the
Ahasuerus who
reigned from India to
Ethiopia over
127 provinces,
(NIV)
At once the royal secretaries were summoned – on the twenty-third day of the third month, the month of Sivan. They wrote out all Mordecai’s orders to the Jews, and to the satraps, governors and nobles of the 127 provinces stretching from India to Cush. These orders were written in the script of each province and the language of each people and also to the Jews in their own script and language.
The
king’s scribes were
summoned at that
time, in the
third month, which is the
month of
Sivan, on the
twenty-third day. And an edict was
written,
according to all that
Mordecai commanded concerning the
Jews,
to the
satraps and the
governors and the
officials of the
provinces from India to
Ethiopia,
127 provinces,
to each
province in its own
script and to each
people in its own
language, and also
to the
Jews in their
script and
their language.
(NIV)
The topaz of Cush cannot compare with it;
it cannot be bought with pure gold.
The
topaz of
Ethiopia cannot equal it,
nor can it be
valued in
pure gold.
(NIV)
Envoys will come from Egypt;
Cush will submit herself to God.
Nobles shall
come from Egypt;
Cush shall
hasten to stretch out her
hands to
God.
(NIV)
‘I will record Rahab and Babylon
among those who acknowledge me –
Philistia too, and Tyre, along with Cush –
and will say, “This one was born in Zion.”’
Among those who
know me I
mention Rahab and
Babylon;
behold,
Philistia and
Tyre, with
Cush —
“
This one was
born there,” they say.
(NIV)
In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving remnant of his people from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, from Cush, from Elam, from Babylonia, from Hamath and from the islands of the Mediterranean.
In that
day the
Lord will
extend his
hand yet a
second time to
recover the
remnant that remains of his
people,
from Assyria,
from Egypt,
from Pathros,
from Cush,
from Elam,
from Shinar,
from Hamath, and
from the
coastlands of the
sea.
(NIV)
Woe to the land of whirring wings
along the rivers of Cush,
Ah,
land of
whirring wingsthat is
beyond the
rivers of
Cush,
(NIV)
Then the
Lord said, ‘Just as my servant Isaiah has gone stripped and barefoot for three years, as a sign and portent against Egypt and Cush,
Then the
Lord said, “As my
servant Isaiah has
walked naked and
barefoot for
three years as a
sign and a
portent against Egypt and
Cush,
(NIV)
so the king of Assyria will lead away stripped and barefoot the Egyptian captives and Cushite exiles, young and old, with buttocks bared – to Egypt’s shame.
so shall the
king of
Assyria lead away the
Egyptian captives and the
Cushite exiles, both the
young and the
old,
naked and
barefoot, with
buttocks uncovered, the
nakedness of
Egypt.
(NIV)
Those who trusted in Cush and boasted in Egypt will be dismayed and put to shame.
Then they shall be
dismayed and
ashamed because of
Cush their
hope and
of Egypt their boast.
(NIV)
Now Sennacherib received a report that Tirhakah, the king of Cush, was marching out to fight against him. When he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah with this word:
Now the king
heard concerning Tirhakah king of
Cush, “He has
set out to
fight against you.” And when he
heard it, he
sent messengers to Hezekiah,
saying,
(NIV)
For I am the
Lord your God,
the Holy One of Israel, your Saviour;
I give Egypt for your ransom,
Cush and Seba in your stead.
For I am the
Lord your
God,
the
Holy One of
Israel, your
Savior.
I
give Egypt as your
ransom,
Cush and
Seba in exchange for
you.
(NIV)
This is what the
Lord says:
‘The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush,
and those tall Sabeans –
they will come over to you
and will be yours;
they will trudge behind you,
coming over to you in chains.
They will bow down before you
and plead with you, saying,
“Surely God is with you, and there is no other;
there is no other god.”’
Thus says the
Lord:
“The
wealth of
Egypt and the
merchandise of
Cush,
and the
Sabeans,
men of
stature,
shall come
over to you and be yours;
they shall
follow you;
they shall come
over in
chains and
bow down to you.
They will
plead with you, saying:
‘
Surely God is in you, and there is
no other,
no
god besides him.’”
(NIV)
Charge, you horses!
Drive furiously, you charioteers!
March on, you warriors – men of Cush and Put who carry shields,
men of Lydia who draw the bow.
Advance, O
horses,
and
rage, O
chariots!
Let the
warriors go out:
men of
Cush and
Put who
handle the
shield,
men of
Lud, skilled in
handling the
bow.
(NIV)
therefore I am against you and against your streams, and I will make the land of Egypt a ruin and a desolate waste from Migdol to Aswan, as far as the border of Cush.
therefore,
behold, I am
against you and
against your
streams, and I will
make the
land of
Egypt an
utter waste and
desolation,
from Migdol to
Syene,
as far as the
border of
Cush.
(NIV)
A sword will come against Egypt,
and anguish will come upon Cush.
When the slain fall in Egypt,
her wealth will be carried away
and her foundations torn down.
A
sword shall
come upon
Egypt,
and
anguish shall be in
Cush,
when the
slain fall in
Egypt,
and her
wealth is
carried away,
and
her foundations are torn
down.
(NIV)
Cush and Libya, Lydia and all Arabia, Kub and the people of the covenant land will fall by the sword along with Egypt.
Cush, and
Put, and
Lud, and
all Arabia, and
Libya, and the
people of the
land that is in
league, shall
fall with them by the
sword.
(NIV)
‘“On that day messengers will go out from me in ships to frighten Cush out of her complacency. Anguish will take hold of them on the day of Egypt’s doom, for it is sure to come.
“On that
day messengers shall
go out from me in
ships to
terrify the
unsuspecting people of
Cush, and
anguish shall come upon them on the
day of
Egypt’s doom;
for,
behold, it
comes!
(NIV)
Persia, Cush and Put will be with them, all with shields and helmets,
Persia,
Cush, and
Put are
with them,
all of them with
shield and
helmet;
(NIV)
He will gain control of the treasures of gold and silver and all the riches of Egypt, with the Libyans and Cushites in submission.
He shall become
ruler of the
treasures of
gold and of
silver, and
all the
precious things of
Egypt, and the
Libyans and the
Cushites shall follow in
his train.
(NIV)
‘Are not you Israelites
the same to me as the Cushites?’
declares the
Lord.
‘Did I not bring Israel up from Egypt,
the Philistines from Caphtor
and the Arameans from Kir?
“Are you
not like the
Cushites to me,
O
people of
Israel?”
declares the
Lord.
“Did I
not bring up Israel from the
land of
Egypt,
and the
Philistines from
Caphtor and the
Syrians from
Kir?
(NIV)
Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength;
Put and Libya were among her allies.
Cush was her
strength;
Egypt too, and that
without limit;
Put and the
Libyans were her
helpers.
(NIV)
‘You Cushites, too,
will be slain by my sword.’
You
also, O
Cushites,
shall be
slain by my
sword.
(NIV)
From beyond the rivers of Cush
my worshippers, my scattered people,
will bring me offerings.
From beyond the
rivers of
Cushmy
worshipers, the
daughter of
my dispersed ones,
shall
bring my offering.
(NIV)
So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake (which means ‘queen of the Ethiopians’). This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship,
And he
rose and
went.
And there was an
Ethiopian, a
eunuch, a
court official of
Candace,
queen of the
Ethiopians,
who was in
charge of
all her treasure.
He had
come to Jerusalem to
worship
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