Genesis 11:7 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”
Genesis 11:7 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Genesis 11:7 in 7 Bible Translations
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Genesis 11:7 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Come, let’s go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.””
Genesis 11:7 — World English Bible
Genesis 11:7 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech. ”
Genesis 11:7 — American Standard Version
Genesis 11:7 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Give help, let us go down, and mingle there their pronunciation, so that a man doth not understand the pronunciation of his companion.'”
Genesis 11:7 — Young's Literal Translation
Genesis 11:7 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. ”
Genesis 11:7 — Darby Translation
Genesis 11:7 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Come on, let vs goe downe, and there confound their language, that euery one perceiue not anothers speache.”
Genesis 11:7 — Geneva Bible
Genesis 11:7 LS — The Living Sword (2024)
“And the Lord scattered them from there over the face of all the earth and they ceased building the city.”
Genesis 11:7 — The Living Sword
Genesis 11:7 in Context — Genesis 11
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.
9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
What Does Genesis 11:7 Mean?
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