Parallel Verses
King James Version
And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
New American Standard Bible
The name of the second river is Gihon; it
Holman Bible
The name of the second river is Gihon, which flows through the entire land of Cush.
International Standard Version
The name of the second river is Gihon it winds through the entire land of Cush.
A Conservative Version
And the name of the second river is Gihon. The same is it which encompasses the whole land of Cush.
American Standard Version
And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Cush.
Amplified
The name of the second river is Gihon; it flows around the entire land of Cush [in Mesopotamia].
Bible in Basic English
And the name of the second river is Gihon: this river goes round all the land of Cush.
Darby Translation
And the name of the second river is Gihon: that is it which surrounds the whole land of Cush.
Julia Smith Translation
And the name of the second river, Gihon: that surrounding all the land of Cush.
King James 2000
And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that encompasses the whole land of Cush.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the name of the second [is] Gihon. It went around all the land of Cush.
Modern King James verseion
And the name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one that surrounds the whole land of Cush.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The name of the second river is Gihon, which compasseth all the land of Cush.
NET Bible
The name of the second river is Gihon; it runs through the entire land of Cush.
New Heart English Bible
The name of the second river is Gihon; it goes around the whole land of Cush.
The Emphasized Bible
And the name of the second river, is Gihon, - the same, is that which surroundeth all the land of Cush,
Webster
And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same that compasseth the whole land of Cush.
World English Bible
The name of the second river is Gihon: the same river that flows through the whole land of Cush.
Youngs Literal Translation
and the name of the second river is Gibon, it is that which is surrounding the whole land of Cush;
Interlinear
Shem
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 2:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Generations Of Heaven And Earth
12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone. 13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. 14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
Cross References
Genesis 10:6
And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
Isaiah 11:11
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.