Genesis 11:6
New English Translation
6 And the Lord said, “If as one people all sharing a common language[a] they have begun to do this, then[b] nothing they plan to do will be beyond them.[c]
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- Genesis 11:6 tn Heb “and one lip to all of them.”
- Genesis 11:6 tn Heb “and now.” The foundational clause beginning with הֵן (hen) expresses the condition, and the second clause the result. It could be rendered “If this…then now.”
- Genesis 11:6 tn Heb “all that they purpose to do will not be withheld from them.”
Genesis 11:6
New International Version
6 The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language(A) they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.
Genesis 11:6
King James Version
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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