Verse 4

Then they said, "Come, let us build a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered over the face of the whole earth."

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Så sa de: «Kom, la oss bygge en by for oss, med et tårn som når opp til himmelen, så vi kan gjøre oss et navn; ellers blir vi spredt utover hele jorden.»

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og de sa: 'Kom, la oss bygge oss en by og et tårn med toppen i himmelen, og la oss gjøre oss et navn, for at vi ikke skal spres over hele jordens overflate.'

• Norsk King James

  De sa: La oss bygge en by med et tårn som rekker opp til himmelen, så vi kan få et navn og ikke bli spredt ut over hele jordens overflate.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Så sa de: Kom, la oss bygge en by og et tårn med topp som når opp til himmelen, så vi kan gjøre oss et navn og ikke bli spredt over hele jorden.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Så sa de: 'Kom, la oss bygge oss en by og et tårn med toppen i himmelen, og la oss gjøre oss et navn, så vi ikke blir spredt utover hele jorden.'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og de sa: «Kom, la oss bygge en by for oss med et tårn som rekker opp til himmelen, så vi kan skape oss et navn, så vi ikke blir spredt utover hele jorden.»

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  De sa: 'La oss bygge en by og et tårn med en topp som når opp til himmelen, og la oss gjøre oss bemerket, så vi ikke blir strødd over hele jorden.'

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Og de sa: «Kom, la oss bygge en by for oss med et tårn som rekker opp til himmelen, så vi kan skape oss et navn, så vi ikke blir spredt utover hele jorden.»

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  De sa: 'Kom, la oss bygge oss en by med et tårn som når opp til himmelen. La oss gjøre oss et navn, ellers blir vi spredt over hele jorden.'

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Så sa de: 'Kom, la oss bygge oss en by med et tårn som når opp til himmelen, så vi kan gjøre oss et navn, ellers blir vi spredt utover hele jorden.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og de sagde: Velan, lader os bygge os en Stad og Taarn, hvis Spidse (kan naae op) til Himmelen, og lader os gjøre os et Navn, at vi ikke skulle adspredes over al Jorden.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Så sa de: Kom, la oss bygge en by og et tårn som når opp til himmelen, så vi kan skape oss et navn, for at vi ikke skal bli spredt over hele jorden.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  And they said, Come, let us build a city and a tower whose top may reach to heaven, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  De sa: "Kom, la oss bygge en by med et tårn som rekker opp til himmelen, så vi kan gjøre oss et navn, ellers blir vi spredt ut over hele jorden."

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og de sa: 'Kom, la oss bygge en by og et tårn med toppen i himmelen, og la oss gjøre oss et navn, så vi ikke blir spredt over hele jorden.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Så sa de: Kom, la oss bygge en by med et tårn som når opp til himmelen, så vi kan gjøre oss et navn og ikke bli spredt over hele jorden.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og de sa: Kom, la oss bygge en by og et tårn som når opp til himmelen, og la oss gjøre oss et stort navn, så vi ikke blir spredt over hele jorden.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And they sayd: Come on let vs buylde vs a cyte and a toure that the toppe may reach vnto heauen. And let vs make us a name for perauenture we shall be scatered abrode over all the erth.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And sayde: Come, let vs buylde a cite & a tower, whose toppe maye reach vnto heaue, yt we maye make vs a name, afore we be scatred abrode in all londes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Also they said, Goe to, let vs builde vs a citie and a towre, whose top may reache vnto the heauen, that we may get vs a name, lest we be scattered vpon the whole earth.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And they sayd: Go to, let vs buylde vs a citie and a towre, whose toppe may reache vnto heauen, and let vs make vs a name, lest peraduenture we be scattered abrode into the vpper face of the whole earth.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  They said, "Come, let's build us a city, and a tower, whose top reaches to the sky, and let's make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And they say, `Give help, let us build for ourselves a city and tower, and its head in the heavens, and make for ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of all the earth.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And they said, Come, 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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And they said, Come, let us make a town, and a tower whose top will go up as high as heaven; and let us make a great name for ourselves, so that we may not be wanderers over the face of the earth.

• World English Bible (2000)

  They said, "Come, let's build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let's make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then they said,“Come, let’s build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens so that we may make a name for ourselves. Otherwise we will be scattered across the face of the entire earth.”

Referenced Verses

• Deut 1:28 : 28 Where can we go? Our brothers have discouraged us by saying, 'The people are larger and taller than we are, the cities are great and fortified up to the heavens, and we even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.'
• Deut 9:1 : 1 Listen, Israel: Today you are crossing over the Jordan to enter and take possession of nations greater and stronger than you, with cities that are great and fortified up to the heavens.
• 2 Sam 8:13 : 13 David gained renown when he returned after striking down eighteen thousand Arameans in the Valley of Salt.
• Ps 49:11-13 : 11 For he sees that even the wise die; the fool and the senseless alike perish and leave their wealth to others. 12 Their inward thought is that their houses will last forever, and their dwelling places for all generations; they call their lands by their own names. 13 But man in his honor does not remain; he is like the beasts that perish.
• Ps 92:9 : 9 But You, O LORD, are exalted forever.
• Prov 10:7 : 7 The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
• Dan 4:11 : 11 He called out loudly and said: ‘Cut down the tree and chop off its branches, strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the beasts flee from under it and the birds from its branches.
• Dan 4:22 : 22 You will be driven away from people, and you will live with the wild animals. You will eat grass like cattle and be drenched with the dew of heaven. Seven times will pass over you until you acknowledge that the Most High is sovereign over the kingdoms of men and gives them to whomever He chooses.
• Dan 4:30 : 30 Immediately, what was spoken about Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from people, ate grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird.
• Luke 1:51 : 51 He has shown strength with His arm; He has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
• John 5:44 : 44 How can you believe, when you accept glory from one another but do not seek the glory that comes from the one and only God?
• Deut 4:27 : 27 The LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the LORD will lead you.
• Gen 6:4 : 4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humanity and had children by them. They were the mighty men of old, men of renown.
• Gen 11:8-9 : 8 So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of the whole earth, and they stopped building the city. 9 That is why it was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of the whole earth. From there the LORD scattered them over the face of the whole earth.