Genesis 11:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Genesis 11:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Genesis 11:6 in 7 Bible Translations
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Genesis 11:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Yahweh said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.”
Genesis 11:6 — World English Bible
Genesis 11:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And Jehovah said, Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do: and now nothing will be withholden from them, which they purpose to do. ”
Genesis 11:6 — American Standard Version
Genesis 11:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and Jehovah saith, `Lo, the people <FI>is<Fi> one, and one pronunciation <FI>is<Fi> to them all, and this it hath dreamed of doing; and now, nothing is restrained from them of that which they have purposed to do.”
Genesis 11:6 — Young's Literal Translation
Genesis 11:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And Jehovah said, Behold, the people is one, and have all one language; and this have they begun to do. And now will they be hindered in nothing that they meditate doing. ”
Genesis 11:6 — Darby Translation
Genesis 11:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And the Lord said, Beholde, the people is one, and they all haue one language, and this they begin to doe, neither can they now be stopped from whatsoeuer they haue imagined to do.”
Genesis 11:6 — Geneva Bible
Genesis 11:6 LS — The Living Sword (2024)
“And the Lord said, "Behold—they are one people and they have all one language, and this is what they have begun to do. And now nothing which they plan will be held back from them. Come, let us go down and confuse their language there so that they will not understand the language of one another."”
Genesis 11:6 — The Living Sword
Genesis 11:6 in Context — Genesis 11
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.
7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
What Does Genesis 11:6 Mean?
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