The Tower of Babel

11 Now the whole world had one language(A) and a common speech.

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11 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

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That is why it was called Babel[a](A)—because there the Lord confused the language(B) of the whole world.(C) From there the Lord scattered(D) them over the face of the whole earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 11:9 That is, Babylon; Babel sounds like the Hebrew for confused.

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.

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57 And all the world came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph,(A) because the famine was severe everywhere.(B)

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57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.

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10 Then the Lord said: “I am making a covenant(A) with you. Before all your people I will do wonders(B) never before done in any nation in all the world.(C) The people you live among will see how awesome is the work that I, the Lord, will do for you.

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10 And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the Lord: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee.

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He raises(A) the poor(B) from the dust(C)
    and lifts the needy(D) from the ash heap;
he seats them with princes
    and has them inherit a throne of honor.(E)

“For the foundations(F) of the earth are the Lord’s;
    on them he has set the world.

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He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and he hath set the world upon them.

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46 This day the Lord will deliver(A) you into my hands, and I’ll strike you down and cut off your head. This very day I will give the carcasses(B) of the Philistine army to the birds and the wild animals, and the whole world(C) will know that there is a God in Israel.(D)

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46 This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.

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34 From all nations people came to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, sent by all the kings(A) of the world, who had heard of his wisdom.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 4:34 In Hebrew texts 4:21-34 is numbered 5:1-14.

34 And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.

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53 For you singled them out from all the nations of the world to be your own inheritance,(A) just as you declared through your servant Moses when you, Sovereign Lord, brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”

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53 For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.

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24 The whole world sought audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom(A) God had put in his heart.

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24 And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

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15 Then Naaman and all his attendants went back to the man of God(A). He stood before him and said, “Now I know(B) that there is no God in all the world except in Israel. So please accept a gift(C) from your servant.”

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15 And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.

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30     Tremble(A) before him, all the earth!
    The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved.(B)

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30 Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.

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19 They spoke about the God of Jerusalem as they did about the gods of the other peoples of the world—the work of human hands.(A)

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19 And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.

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18 He is driven from light into the realm of darkness(A)
    and is banished(B) from the world.(C)

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18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

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