Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Come,
King James Version
Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
Holman Bible
Come, let Us go down there and confuse
International Standard Version
Come on! Let's go down there and confuse their language, so that they won't understand each other's speech."
A Conservative Version
Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand each other's speech.
American Standard Version
Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
Amplified
Come, let Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) go down and there confuse and mix up their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”
Bible in Basic English
Come, let us go down and take away the sense of their language, so that they will not be able to make themselves clear to one another.
Darby Translation
Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
Julia Smith Translation
Come, we will come down and mix their lip that they shall not hear a man the lip of his neighbor.
King James 2000
Come, let us go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Come, let us go down and confuse their language there, so that they will not understand {each other's language}."
Modern King James verseion
Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, so that they cannot understand one another's speech.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Come on, let us descend and mingle their tongue even there, that one understand not what another sayeth."
NET Bible
Come, let's go down and confuse their language so they won't be able to understand each other."
New Heart English Bible
Come, let us go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."
The Emphasized Bible
Come on! let us go down, and there confuse their speech, - that they may not under-stand, each man the speech of his friend.
Webster
Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
World English Bible
Come, let's go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."
Youngs Literal Translation
Give help, let us go down, and mingle there their pronunciation, so that a man doth not understand the pronunciation of his companion.'
Themes
Babel » A city » Plain » Shinar » Tower » Built
Dispersion » After building the tower of babel
Language » Confusion of » Originated the varieties in
Topics
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Saphah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 11:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Tower Of Babylon
6
The Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 1:26
Then God said, “Let
Genesis 42:23
They did not know, however, that Joseph understood, for there was an interpreter between them.
Deuteronomy 28:49
“
Psalm 2:4
The Lord
Jeremiah 5:15
“It is an enduring nation,
It is an ancient nation,
A nation whose
Nor can you understand what they say.
Genesis 3:22
Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of
Genesis 10:5
From these the coastlands of the nations
Genesis 10:20
These are the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, by their nations.
Genesis 10:32
These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, by their nations; and
Genesis 11:5
Job 5:12-13
So that their hands cannot attain success.
Job 12:20
And
Psalm 33:10
He frustrates the plans of the peoples.
Psalm 55:9
For I have seen
Isaiah 6:8
Then I heard the
Acts 2:4-11
And they were all
1 Corinthians 14:2-11
For one who
1 Corinthians 14:23
Therefore if the whole church assembles together and all speak in tongues, and