Topic
Confusion
16 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 11:1–9Nave Of tongues
And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. 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. And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them…
- Leviticus 18:23ISBE
Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.
- Leviticus 20:12ISBE
And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.
- 1 Samuel 20:30ISBE
Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother’s nakedness?
- Job 10:15ISBE
If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;
- Psalms 44:15ISBE
My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
- Psalms 109:29ISBE
Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
- Isaiah 9:5ISBE
For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.
- Isaiah 24:10ISBE
The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
- Isaiah 30:3ISBE
Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
- Isaiah 34:11ISBE
¶ But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.
- Isaiah 41:29ISBE
Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.
Show 4 more
- Wisdom of Solomon 14:26 ISBE
- Acts 19:29 ISBE
- 1 Corinthians 14:33 ISBE
- James 3:16 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 15 references
kon-fu'-zhun (bosheth, "shame, paleness," kelimmah, "blushing," tohu; akatastasia, sugchusis): In the Old Testament bosheth (1Sa 20:30; Ps 109:29 the King James Version) and kelimmah (Ps 44:15; Isa 30:3) are the words most frequently translated "confusion"; tohu, "wastiness," "emptiness" is so translated (Isa 24:10; 34:11; 41:29), also qalon, "lightness," "contempt" (Job 10:15 = ignominy, the American Standard Revised Version) and tebhel, "profanation" (Le 18:23; 20:12); ra`ash, "shaking," "trembling," rendered "confused" in Isa 9:5 the King James Version; compare the Revised Version (British and American). Greek akatashatasia, "instability" is translated "confusion" (1Co 14:33; Jas 3:16); sugchusis, "a pouring out together" (Ac 19:29). In The Wisdom of Solomon 14:26, "changing of kind" (the King James Version) is rendered "confusion of sex." W. L. Walker
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 1 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → Of tongues Ge 11:1-9
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.