Genesis 11:7

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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

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  • 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 11:1-6
    6 verses
    87%

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

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

    3 And 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.

    4 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.

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

    6 And 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.

  • Gen 11:8-9
    2 verses
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    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.

  • Acts 2:6-8
    3 verses
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    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?

  • 11 For he that speaketh vnto this people, is euen as one that vseth rudenesse of speache, and a straunge language.

  • 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.

  • 9 And then will I clense the lippes of the people, that they may euery one call vpon the name of the Lorde, and serue him with one consent.

  • 21 In the lawe it is written: With sundry tongues, and with sundry lyppes, wyll I speake vnto this people, and yet for all that will they not heare me, sayth the Lorde.

  • 13 For we wyl destroy this place, because the crye of them is great before the face of God: for the Lorde hath sent vs to destroy it.

  • 12 They were all amased, and wondred, saying one to another: What meaneth this?

  • 19 There shalt thou not see a cruel people of a straunge tongue, to haue so diffused a language that it may not be vnderstanded, neither so straunge a speache but it shalbe perceaued.

  • 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?

  • 8 Yea they shall cause their owne tongues to be a meanes for to destroy the selues: insomuch that who so seeth them, shal desire to flee away from them

  • 9 For they stretch foorth their mouth vnto the heauen: and their tongue goeth through the worlde.

  • 9 Destroy their tongues O Lorde, and deuide them: for I haue seene oppression and strife in the citie.

  • Gen 10:31-32
    2 verses
    66%

    31 These are the chyldren of Sem after their kinredes and tongues, in their landes and nations.

    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.

  • 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.

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    3 Let vs breake say they their bondes a sunder: and cast away their cordes from vs.

  • 4 And they were all fylled with the holy ghost, and began to speake with other tongues, as the spirite gaue them vtteraunce.

  • 9 And he sayd, Go and tell this people: Heare in deede, yet vnderstande not, ye shall playnely see, and yet perceaue not.

  • 27 to geue their seede an ouerthrowe amongst the nations, and to scatter them in sundry landes.

  • 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.