Genesis 11:7

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Come, let us go down and confuse their language so that they will not understand one another’s speech.

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  • Gen 1:26 : 26 Then God said, 'Let us make mankind in our image, after our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, all the earth, and all the creatures that move along the ground.'
  • Gen 42:23 : 23 They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.
  • Deut 28:49 : 49 The LORD will bring a nation against you from far away, from the ends of the earth, like an eagle swooping down, a nation whose language you will not understand.
  • Ps 2:4 : 4 The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them.
  • Jer 5:15 : 15 Behold, I am bringing against you a nation from far away, O house of Israel, declares the Lord. It is a mighty nation, an ancient nation, one whose language you do not know and whose speech you cannot understand.
  • Acts 2:4-9 : 4 They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different languages as the Spirit enabled them to speak. 5 Now there were devout Jews residing in Jerusalem, from every nation under heaven. 6 When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment because each one heard them speaking in their own language. 7 They were astonished and amazed, saying, 'Aren't all these who are speaking Galileans?' 8 How is it that each of us hears them in our native language where we were born? 9 Parthians, Medes, Elamites, residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene, visitors from Rome, 11 both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!
  • 1 Cor 14:2-9 : 2 For the one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people but to God, because no one understands; they speak mysteries by the Spirit. 3 But the one who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, encouragement, and comfort. 4 The one who speaks in a tongue builds up themselves, but the one who prophesies builds up the church. 5 I wish that all of you spoke in tongues, but I would rather you prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless they interpret so that the church may be built up. 6 Now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you speaking in tongues, what good will I be to you unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching? 7 Even lifeless instruments like the flute or harp, if they do not produce a clear distinction in the notes, how will anyone recognize what is played on the flute or the harp? 8 For if the trumpet gives an unclear sound, who will prepare for battle? 9 In the same way, unless you speak intelligible words through your tongue, how will anyone understand what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air. 10 There are so many kinds of languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning. 11 If I do not understand the meaning of what someone is saying, I will be a foreigner to the speaker, and the speaker will be a foreigner to me.
  • 1 Cor 14:23 : 23 So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are out of your mind?
  • Ps 33:10 : 10 The Lord frustrates the counsel of the nations; He thwarts the plans of the peoples.
  • Ps 55:9 : 9 I would hurry to a place of refuge, away from the stormy wind and tempest.
  • Isa 6:8 : 8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for Us?" And I said, "Here I am. Send me!"
  • Job 5:12-13 : 12 He frustrates the plans of the crafty so that their hands achieve no success. 13 He traps the wise in their own craftiness, and the schemes of the twisted are quickly foiled.
  • Job 12:20 : 20 He silences the speech of the trustworthy and takes away the discernment of the elders.
  • Gen 3:22 : 22 Then the LORD God said, 'Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever—'
  • Gen 10:5 : 5 From these, the coastland peoples spread out into their lands, each according to his language, family, and nation.
  • Gen 10:20 : 20 These are the sons of Ham by their clans, languages, lands, and nations.
  • Gen 10:32 : 32 These are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their genealogies, by their nations. From these, the nations spread out over the earth after the flood.
  • Gen 11:5 : 5 But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the people were building.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 11:1-6
    6 verses
    87%

    1Now the whole earth had one language and a common speech.

    2As people moved eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

    3They said to each other, "Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly." They had brick for stone and tar for mortar.

    4Then 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."

    5But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the people were building.

    6The LORD said, "Behold, they are one people, and they all have one language; and this is only the beginning of what they will do. Now nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them."

  • Gen 11:8-9
    2 verses
    86%

    8So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of the whole earth, and they stopped building the city.

    9That 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.

  • Acts 2:6-8
    3 verses
    74%

    6When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment because each one heard them speaking in their own language.

    7They were astonished and amazed, saying, 'Aren't all these who are speaking Galileans?'

    8How is it that each of us hears them in our native language where we were born?

  • Isa 28:11
    70%

    11Indeed, with stammering lips and another tongue, He will speak to this people.

  • Gen 10:5
    69%

    5From these, the coastland peoples spread out into their lands, each according to his language, family, and nation.

  • Zeph 3:9
    68%

    9For at that time, I will transform the speech of the peoples to a pure language, so that all of them may call upon the name of the LORD and serve Him shoulder to shoulder.

  • 1 Cor 14:21
    68%

    21In the Law it is written: 'By people of strange tongues and by the lips of foreigners I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to me,' says the Lord.

  • Gen 19:13
    68%

    13because we are about to destroy this place. The outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that he has sent us to destroy it."

  • Acts 2:12
    67%

    12They were all amazed and perplexed, asking one another, 'What does this mean?'

  • Isa 33:19
    67%

    19You will no longer see the arrogant people, a people of obscure speech you cannot understand, of stammering tongue that you cannot comprehend.

  • 1 Cor 14:23
    67%

    23So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are out of your mind?

  • Ps 64:8
    66%

    8But God will shoot them with an arrow; suddenly, they will be struck down.

  • Ps 73:9
    66%

    9They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut through the earth.

  • Ps 55:9
    66%

    9I would hurry to a place of refuge, away from the stormy wind and tempest.

  • Gen 10:31-32
    2 verses
    66%

    31These are the sons of Shem by their clans, languages, lands, and nations.

    32These are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their genealogies, by their nations. From these, the nations spread out over the earth after the flood.

  • 1 Cor 14:9
    66%

    9In the same way, unless you speak intelligible words through your tongue, how will anyone understand what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air.

  • Ps 2:3
    66%

    3Let us break their chains and throw off their ropes from us.

  • Acts 2:4
    66%

    4They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different languages as the Spirit enabled them to speak.

  • Isa 6:9
    66%

    9And He said, "Go, and say to this people: ‘Keep listening, but do not understand; keep looking, but do not perceive.’

  • Ps 106:27
    66%

    27to make their descendants fall among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.

  • Deut 1:28
    65%

    28Where 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.'