Genesis 11:7

In 11 translations

BSB

Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”

KJV

Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.

WEB

Come, let’s go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”

ASV

Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.

LSV

Give help, let us go down there and confuse their language, so that a man will not understand the language of his companion.”

YLT

Give help, let us go down, and mingle there their pronunciation, so that a man doth not understand the pronunciation of his companion.'

DBY

Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

DRC

Come ye, therefore, let us go down, and there confound their tongue, that they may not understand one another’s speech.

GNV

Come on, let vs goe downe, and there confound their language, that euery one perceiue not anothers speache.

JPS

Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.'

LXXE

Come, and having gone down let us there confound their tongue, that they may not understand each the voice of his neighbour.

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Original-language editions

WLC

הָ֚בָה נֵֽרְדָ֔ה וְנָבְלָ֥ה שָׁ֖ם שְׂפָתָ֑ם אֲשֶׁר֙ לֹ֣א יִשְׁמְע֔וּ אִ֖ישׁ שְׂפַ֥ת רֵעֵֽהוּ׃

LXX-Br

Δεῦτε, καὶ καταβάντες συγχέωμεν αὐτῶν ἐκεῖ τὴν γλῶσσαν, ἵνα μὴ ἀκούσωσιν ἕκαστος τὴν φωνὴν τοῦ πλησίον.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 33:10The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.
• Genesis 1:26Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”
• Job 5:12–13He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success. He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
• Psalms 55:9O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.
• 1 Corinthians 14:2–11For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men, but to God. Indeed, no one understands him; he utters mysteries in the Spirit. But he who prophesies speaks to men for their edification, encouragement, and comfort.…
• Genesis 42:23They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.
• Acts 2:4–11And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. And when this sound…
• 1 Corinthians 14:23So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and some who are uninstructed or some unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your minds?
• Psalms 2:4The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.
• Job 12:20He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.
• Jeremiah 5:15Behold, I am bringing a distant nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose speech you do not understand.
• Deuteronomy 28:49The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,
• Genesis 3:22Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...”
• Genesis 11:5Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.
• Isaiah 6:8Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: “Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?” And I said: “Here am I. Send me!”
• Genesis 10:20These are the sons of Ham according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.

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