Genesis 11:4

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.

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  • Deut 1:28 : 28 Whyther shal we go vp? Our brethren haue discouraged our heart, saying: the people is greater and taller then we, the cities are great, and walled euen vp to heauen, and moreouer we haue seene the sonnes of the Anakims there.
  • Deut 9:1 : 1 Heare O Israel, thou passest ouer Iordane this day, to go in and possesse nations great and mightier then thy selfe, cities great and walled vp to heauen:
  • 2 Sam 8:13 : 13 And Dauid gat him a name after that he returned & had smitten of the Syrians in the valley of salt 18 thousand men.
  • Ps 49:11-13 : 11 And yet they thynke that their houses shall continue for euer, and that their dwellyng places shall endure from one generation to another: therfore they call landes after their owne names. 12 Neuerthelesse, man can not abyde in such honour: he is but lyke vnto bruite beastes that perishe. 13 This their way is their foolishnesse: yet their posteritie prayse their saying. Selah.
  • Ps 92:9 : 9 For lo, thine enemies O God, lo thine enemies shall perishe: & all the workers of wickednesse shalbe destroyed.
  • Prov 10:7 : 7 The memoriall of the iust shall haue a good report: but the name of the vngodly shall stincke.
  • Dan 4:11 : 11 A great tree and strong, and the heyght therof reached vnto the heauen, and the sight thereof to the endes of all the earth.
  • Dan 4:22 : 22 It is thou, O king, whiche are great and mightie, for thy greatnesse increaseth, & reacheth vnto the heauen, so doth thy dominion to the endes of the earth.
  • Dan 4:30 : 30 And the king spake, & sayd: Is not this great Babylon that I haue buylt for the house of the kingdome by the might of my power, and for the honour of my maiestie?
  • Luke 1:51 : 51 He hath shewed stregth with his arme, he hath scattered them that are proude, in the imagination of their heartes.
  • John 5:44 : 44 Howe can ye beleue, whiche receaue honour one of another, and seke not the honour that commeth of God only?
  • Deut 4:27 : 27 And the Lord shall scatter you among the people, and ye shalbe left fewe in number among the nations whyther the Lorde shall bryng you.
  • Gen 6:4 : 4 But there were Giantes in those dayes in ye earth: yea & after that the sonnes of God came vnto the daughters of me, and hadde begotten chyldren of them, the same became myghtie men of the worlde, and men of renowme.
  • Gen 11:8-9 : 8 And so the Lorde scattered them from that place into the vpper face of all the earth, and they left of to buylde that citie. 9 And therfore is the name of it called Babel, because the Lord dyd there confounde the language of all the earth: and from thence dyd the Lorde scatter them abrode vpon the face of all the earth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 11:1-3
    3 verses
    88%

    1And all the whole earth was of one language and lyke speache.

    2And when they went foorth from the east, they founde a playne in the lande of Sinar, and there they abode.

    3And one sayd to another: Come, let vs prepare brycke, and burne them in the fire. And they had brycke for stones, and slyme had they in steade of morter.

  • Gen 11:5-9
    5 verses
    87%

    5But the Lorde came downe to see the citie and towre whiche the chyldren of men buylded.

    6And the Lorde sayd: Beholde, the people is one, and they haue all one language, and this they begin to do: neither is there any let to them from all those thinges whiche they haue imagined to do.

    7Come on, let vs go downe, and there confounde their language, that euerye one perceaue not his neighbours speache.

    8And so the Lorde scattered them from that place into the vpper face of all the earth, and they left of to buylde that citie.

    9And therfore is the name of it called Babel, because the Lord dyd there confounde the language of all the earth: and from thence dyd the Lorde scatter them abrode vpon the face of all the earth.

  • Zech 5:11
    72%

    11And he saide vnto me: Into the land of Sinnaar to builde it an house, & it shal be established, & set there vpon her owne place.

  • Ezek 11:3
    72%

    3Saying, It is not neare, let vs builde houses: this Hierusalem is the cauldron, and we be the fleshe.

  • Ezra 5:4
    71%

    4Then saide we vnto them after this maner: What are the names of the men that make this building?

  • Luke 14:29-30
    2 verses
    70%

    29Lest after he hath layde the foundation, and is not able to perfourme it, all that beholde it, begyn to mocke hym,

    30Saying: this man began to buylde, and was not able to make an ende?

  • Dan 4:11
    69%

    11A great tree and strong, and the heyght therof reached vnto the heauen, and the sight thereof to the endes of all the earth.

  • Gen 1:26
    69%

    26God 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.

  • Neh 4:5-6
    2 verses
    69%

    5Couer not their wickednesse, and let not their sinne be put out in thy presence: for they haue prouoked the buylders.

    6And so buylded we the wall, and it was ioyned whole together vnto the halfe heyght thereof: And the people were minded to labour.

  • Deut 1:28
    69%

    28Whyther shal we go vp? Our brethren haue discouraged our heart, saying: the people is greater and taller then we, the cities are great, and walled euen vp to heauen, and moreouer we haue seene the sonnes of the Anakims there.

  • Josh 22:26
    69%

    26Therfore we saide, We wyll make vs an aulter, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice:

  • Ezra 5:9
    69%

    9Then asked we the elders, and saide vnto them as it foloweth: Who commaunded you to builde this house, and to make vp the walles thereof?

  • Gen 1:15
    68%

    15And let them be for lyghtes in the firmament of the heauen, that they maye geue light vpo the earth: and it was so.

  • Isa 2:15
    68%

    15And vpon euery high towre, and vpon euery fenced wall,

  • Gen 10:10
    68%

    10The begynnyng of his kingdome was Babel, and Erech, & Arab, and Calueh, in the lande of Sinar.