Genesis 11:5

In 11 translations

BSB

Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.

KJV

And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

WEB

Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.

ASV

And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

LSV

And YHWH comes down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men have built;

YLT

And Jehovah cometh down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men have builded;

DBY

And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower which the children of men built.

DRC

And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of Adam were building.

GNV

But the Lord came downe, to see the citie and towre, which the sonnes of men builded.

JPS

And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

LXXE

And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of men built.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַיֵּ֣רֶד יְהוָ֔ה לִרְאֹ֥ת אֶת־הָעִ֖יר וְאֶת־הַמִּגְדָּ֑ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּנ֖וּ בְּנֵ֥י הָאָדָֽם׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ κατέβη Κύριος ἰδεῖν τὴν πόλιν καὶ τὸν πύργον, ὃν ᾠκοδόμησαν οἱ υἱοὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων.

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• Psalms 33:13–14The LORD looks down from heaven; He sees all the sons of men. From His dwelling place He gazes on all who inhabit the earth.
• Genesis 18:21I will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out.”
• John 3:13No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
• Hebrews 4:13Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
• Jeremiah 23:23–24“Am I only a God nearby,” declares the LORD, “and not a God far away?” “Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.
• Exodus 19:11and be prepared by the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
• Exodus 19:20The LORD descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the summit. So Moses went up,
• Psalms 11:4The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.
• Exodus 19:18Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.
• Exodus 3:8I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites,…

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