Genesis 11:8

In 11 translations

BSB

So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.

KJV

So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

WEB

So Yahweh scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city.

ASV

So Jehovah scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off building the city.

LSV

And YHWH scatters them from there over the face of all the earth, and they cease to build the city;

YLT

And Jehovah doth scatter them from thence over the face of all the earth, and they cease to build the city;

DBY

And Jehovah scattered them thence over the face of the whole earth. And they left off building the city.

DRC

And so the Lord scattered them from that place into all lands, and they ceased to build the city.

GNV

So ye Lord scattered them from thence vpon all the earth, and they left off to build the citie.

JPS

So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth; and they left off to build the city.

LXXE

And the Lord scattered them thence over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city and the tower.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַיָּ֨פֶץ יְהוָ֥ה אֹתָ֛ם מִשָּׁ֖ם עַל־פְּנֵ֣י כָל־הָאָ֑רֶץ וַֽיַּחְדְּל֖וּ לִבְנֹ֥ת הָעִֽיר׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ διέσπειρεν αὐτοὺς Κύριος ἐκεῖθεν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον πάσης τῆς γῆς· καὶ ἐπαύσαντο οἰκοδομοῦντες τῆν πόλιν καὶ τὸν πύργον.

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• Luke 1:51He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
• Genesis 10:25Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan.
• Genesis 10:32All these are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their generations and nations. From these the nations of the earth spread out after the flood.
• Deuteronomy 32:8When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.
• Genesis 11:4“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
• Genesis 11:9That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.
• Genesis 49:7Cursed be their anger, for it is strong, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will disperse them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.

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