Genesis 11:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.”
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“Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Jehovah cometh down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men have builded;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 11:5 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.”
- 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, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
- 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 19:18Mount 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 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.
- Psalms 33:13The LORD looks down from heaven; He sees all the sons of men.
- Jeremiah 23:23“Am I only a God nearby,” declares the LORD, “and not a God far away?”
- 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.
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