Verse 7

Come on, let vs go downe, and there confounde their language, that euerye one perceaue not his neighbours speache.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 1:26 : 26 God saide: let vs make man in our image, after our lykenesse, and let them haue rule of the fisshe of the sea, & of the foule of the ayre, and of cattell, & of all the earth, and of euery creepyng thyng that creepeth vpon the earth.
  • Gen 42:23 : 23 They were not aware that Ioseph vnderstoode them: for he spake vnto them by an interpreter.
  • Deut 28:49 : 49 And the Lorde shall bryng a nation vpon thee from a farre, and from the ende of the worlde, as swyft as an eagle fleeth, a nation whose tongue thou shalt not vnderstande:
  • Ps 2:4 : 4 He that dwelleth in heauen wyll laugh them to scorne: the Lorde wyll haue them in derision.
  • Jer 5:15 : 15 Lo, I wyll bryng a people vpon you from farre, O house of Israel, saith the Lorde, a mightie people, an olde people, a people whose speache thou knowest not, neither vnderstandest what they say.
  • Acts 2:4-9 : 4 And they were all fylled with the holy ghost, and began to speake with other tongues, as the spirite gaue them vtteraunce. 5 There were dwellyng at Hierusalem, Iewes, deuout men, out of euery nation of them that are vnder heauen. 6 When this was noysed about, the multitude came together and were astonnyed, because that euery man hearde them speake with his owne language. 7 They wondred all, and marueyled, saying among themselues: Beholde, are not all these which speake, of Galilee? 8 And howe heare we euery man his owne tongue, wherin we were borne? 9 Parthians, and Medes, & Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Iurie, and in Capadocia, in Pontus and Asia, 10 Phrygia, & Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parties of Lybia, which is besyde Cyrene, & straungers of Rome, Iewes and Proselytes. 11 Cretes and Arabians: we haue hearde them speake in our tongues, the wonderfull workes of God.
  • 1 Cor 14:2-9 : 2 For he that speaketh with the tongue, speaketh not vnto men, but vnto God: For no man heareth hym. Howbeit, in the spirite he speaketh misteries. 3 But he that prophesieth, speaketh vnto men to their edifiyng, to their exhortation, and to their comfort. 4 He that speaketh with the tongue, edifieth hym selfe: he that prophesieth, edifieth the Churche. 5 I woulde yt ye al spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: For greater is he that prophesieth, then he that speaketh with tongues, except he expounde it, that the Churche may haue edifiyng. 6 Nowe brethren, yf I come vnto you speakyng with tongues, what shall I profite you, except I speake to you eyther by reuelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesiyng, or by doctrine? 7 Moreouer, thynges without lyfe geuing sound, whether it be a pipe or an harpe, except they make a distinction in the soundes, howe shall it be knowen what is piped or harped? 8 And also yf the trumpe geue an vncertayne sounde, who shall prepare him selfe to the warre? 9 Euen so lykewyse, when ye speake with tongues, except ye speake wordes that haue signification, howe shall it be vnderstande what is spoken? For ye shall speake into the ayer. 10 There are so many kyndes of voyces, as it commeth to passe in the worlde, and none of them are without signification. 11 If I knowe not what the voyce meaneth, I shalbe lyke vnto hym that speaketh, an aliaunt: and he that speaketh, shalbe an aliaunt vnto me.
  • 1 Cor 14:23 : 23 If therfore, when all the Churche is come together in one, & all speake with tongues, there come in they that are vnlearned, or they which beleue not: wyll they not say yt ye are out of your wittes?
  • Ps 33:10 : 10 God bringeth the counsell of the Heathen to naught: and maketh the deuises of the people to be of none effect.
  • Ps 55:9 : 9 Destroy their tongues O Lorde, and deuide them: for I haue seene oppression and strife in the citie.
  • Isa 6:8 : 8 Also I hearde the voyce of the Lorde on this maner: whom shall I sende, and who wyll be our messenger? Then I sayde, Here am I, sende me.
  • Job 5:12-13 : 12 He destroyeth the deuices of the subtyll, so that their handes are not able to perfourme that which they do enterprise. 13 He compasseth the wise in their owne craftinesse, & maketh foolishe the counsell of the wicked.
  • Job 12:20 : 20 He stoppeth the mouth of them that speake trueth, & disapoynteth the aged of their reason.
  • Gen 3:22 : 22 And the Lorde God sayde: Beholde, the man is become as one of vs, in knowing good and euyll: And now lest peraduenture he put foorth his hande, and take also of the tree of lyfe and eate, and lyue for euer.
  • Gen 10:5 : 5 Of these were the Iles of the gentiles deuided in their landes, euery one after his tongue, and after his kinrede, in their nations.
  • Gen 10:20 : 20 These are the children of Ham in their kinredes, in their tongues, countreys, and in their nations.
  • Gen 10:32 : 32 And so these are the kinredes of the chyldren of Noah after their generations in their peoples: and of these were the nations deuided in the earth after the flood.
  • Gen 11:5 : 5 But the Lorde came downe to see the citie and towre whiche the chyldren of men buylded.