Parallel Verses
Amplified
And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and they settled there.
New American Standard Bible
It came about as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land
King James Version
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
Holman Bible
As people
International Standard Version
As people migrated westward, they came across a plain in the region of Shinar and settled there.
A Conservative Version
And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there.
American Standard Version
And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
Bible in Basic English
And it came about that in their wandering from the east, they came to a stretch of flat country in the land of Shinar, and there they made their living-place.
Darby Translation
And it came to pass as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there.
Julia Smith Translation
And it shall be in their removing from the east they shall find a valley in the land of Shmar; and they shall dwell there.
King James 2000
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And as people migrated from the east they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
Modern King James verseion
And it happened, as they traveled from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar. And they lived there.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And as they came from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and there they dwelled.
NET Bible
When the people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.
New Heart English Bible
It happened, as they traveled from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
The Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass as they brake away onwards, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there.
Webster
And it came to pass as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there.
World English Bible
It happened, as they traveled east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
Youngs Literal Translation
and it cometh to pass, in their journeying from the east, that they find a valley in the land of Shinar, and dwell there;
Themes
Babel » A city » Plain » Shinar » Tower » Built
Babylon » Empire of » Called land of shinar
Babylon » City of » In the land of shinar
Dispersion » After building the tower of babel
Language » Confusion of » A punishment for presumption, &c
Interlinear
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References
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Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 11:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Tower Of Babylon
1
Now the whole earth
Names
Cross References
Genesis 10:10
The beginning of his kingdom was
Genesis 14:1
In the days of the [Eastern] kings Amraphel of Shinar, Arioch of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer of Elam, and Tidal of Goiim,
Daniel 1:2
The Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with some of the articles of the house of God; and he brought them into the land of
Isaiah 11:11
Then it will happen on that day that the Lord
Will again acquire with His hand a second time
The remnant of His people, who will remain,
From Assyria, from [Lower] Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush (Ethiopia), from Elam [in Persia], from Shinar [Babylonia], from Hamath [in Aram],
And from the coastlands bordering the [Mediterranean] Sea.
Zechariah 5:11
And he said to me, “To the land of Shinar (Babylon) to build a temple for her; and when it is prepared,
Genesis 11:9
Therefore the name of the city was
Genesis 13:11
Then Lot chose for himself all the valley of the Jordan, and he traveled east. So they separated from each other.