Genesis 11:6-8
New King James Version
6 And the Lord said, “Indeed (A)the people are one and they all have (B)one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they (C)propose to do will be withheld from them. 7 Come, (D)let Us go down and there (E)confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.” 8 So (F)the Lord scattered them abroad from there (G)over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city.
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Genesis 11:6-8
New American Standard Bible
6 And the Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have [a](A)the same language. And this is what they have started to do, and now nothing which they plan to do will be [b]impossible for them. 7 Come, [c](B)let Us go down and there (C)confuse their [d]language, so that they will not understand one another’s [e]speech.” 8 So the Lord (D)scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth; and they stopped building the city.
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- Genesis 11:6 Lit one lip
- Genesis 11:6 Lit inaccessible to
- Genesis 11:7 I.e., indicating united action, not a request
- Genesis 11:7 Lit lip
- Genesis 11:7 Lit lip
Genesis 11:6-8
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
6 And he said: Behold, it is one people, and all have one tongue: and they have begun to do this, neither will they leave off from their designs, till they accomplish them in deed.
7 Come ye, therefore, let us go down, and there confound their tongue, that they may not understand one another's speech.
8 And so the Lord scattered them from that place into all lands, and they ceased to build the city.
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