Genesis 11:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.””
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“Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Give help, let us go down, and mingle there their pronunciation, so that a man doth not understand the pronunciation of his companion.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 11:7 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.”
- 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 10:5From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations.
- Genesis 10:20These are the sons of Ham according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.
- 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.
- Genesis 11:5Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.
- Genesis 42:23They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.
- 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,
- Job 5:12He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
- Job 12:20He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.
- Psalms 2:4The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.
- Psalms 33:10The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.
- Psalms 55:9O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.
- 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!”
- 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.
- Acts 2:4And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
- 1 Corinthians 14:2For 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.
- 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?
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