Genesis 11:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.”

Genesis 11:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Genesis 11:4 in 7 Bible Translations

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Genesis 11:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.””

Genesis 11:4 — World English Bible

Genesis 11:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And they said, Come, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. ”

Genesis 11:4 — American Standard Version

Genesis 11:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And they say, `Give help, let us build for ourselves a city and tower, and its head in the heavens, and make for ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of all the earth.'”

Genesis 11:4 — Young's Literal Translation

Genesis 11:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And they said, Come on, let us build ourselves a city and a tower, the top of which [may reach] to the heavens; and let us make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of the whole earth. ”

Genesis 11:4 — Darby Translation

Genesis 11:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Also they said, Goe to, let vs builde vs a citie and a towre, whose top may reache vnto the heauen, that we may get vs a name, lest we be scattered vpon the whole earth.”

Genesis 11:4 — Geneva Bible

Genesis 11:4 LS — The Living Sword (2024)

“And they said, "Come, let us build us a city and a tower—its top in the heavens and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered on the face of all the earth."”

Genesis 11:4 — The Living Sword

Genesis 11:4 in Context — Genesis 11

2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.

4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

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

6 And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

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What Does Genesis 11:4 Mean?

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