Genesis 11:4

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.

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  • Deut 1:28 : 28 Whither shal we go vp? Oure brethren haue discoraged oure hertes, & saide: The people is greater & of hyer stature the we, ye cities are greate, & walled euen vp to heauen. Morouer we haue sene there the children of Enakim.
  • Deut 9:1 : 1 Heare O Israel, This daie shalt thou go ouer Iordane, that thou maiest come in to conquere the nacions, which are greater and mightier then thou, greate cities, walled vp vnto heauen,
  • 2 Sam 8:13 : 13 Dauid gat him selfe a name also whan he came, and smote eightene thousande of ye Sirians in ye Salt valley.
  • Ps 49:11-13 : 11 Loke what is in their houses, it cotinueth still: their dwellinge places endure from one generacion to another, & are called after their owne names vpon the earth, 12 Neuerthelesse ma abydeth not insoch honor, but is copared vnto ye brute beastes, & becometh like vnto the. 13 This waie of theirs is very foolishnesse, & yet their posterite prayse it wt their mouth.
  • Ps 92:9 : 9 For lo, thy enemies (o LORDE) lo, thy enemies shal perishe, and all the workers of wickednes shalbe scatred abrode.
  • Prov 10:7 : 7 The memoriall of the iust shall haue a good reporte, but the name of the vngodly shal stynke.
  • Dan 4:11 : 11 which was very hye, greate and mightie: ye heyth reached vnto the heaue, and the bredth extended to all the endes of the earth:
  • Dan 4:22 : 22 Euen thou (o kynge) art the tre, greate & stroge. Thy greatnesse increaseth, & reacheth vnto the heauen, so doth thy power to the endes of the earth.
  • Dan 4:30 : 30 and sayde: This is the greate cite off Babilo, which I myself (with my power & strength) haue made a kynges courte, for the honoure off my magesty.
  • Luke 1:51 : 51 He sheweth strength with his arme, and scatreth them that are proude in the ymaginacion of their hert.
  • John 5:44 : 44 How can ye beleue which receaue prayse one of another, and seke not the prayse, that is of God onely?
  • Deut 4:27 : 27 And ye LORDE shal scater you amonge ye nacions and ye shall be left a small people amoge ye Heythen, whyther the LORDE shall brynge you.
  • Gen 6:4 : 4 There were giauntes also in the worlde at that tyme. For whan the children of God had lyen with the daughters of men, and begotten them children, ye same (children) became mightie in the worlde, and men of renowne.
  • Gen 11:8-9 : 8 Thus ye LORDE scatred the fro thece in all lodes, so yt they left of to buylde the cite. 9 Therfore is it called Babell, because the LORDE cofounded there the language of all the worlde, and from thece scatred them abrode in to all londes.

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  • Gen 11:1-3
    3 verses
    88%

    1 Morouer all the worlde had one tonge & language.

    2 Now as they wente towarde the East, they founde a playne in ye londe of Synear, & there they dwelt,

    3 & saide one to another: Come on, let vs make bryck & burne it. And they toke bryck for stone, & slyme for morter,

  • Gen 11:5-9
    5 verses
    87%

    5 Then came ye LORDE downe, to se ye cite & tower, yt ye childre of me had buylded.

    6 And ye LORDE saide: Beholde, the people is one, & haue one maner of language amoge the all, & this haue they begonne to do, & wil not leaue of from all yt they haue purposed to do.

    7 Come on, let vs go downe, & cofounde their tonge eue there, yt one vnderstonde not what another saieth.

    8 Thus ye LORDE scatred the fro thece in all lodes, so yt they left of to buylde the cite.

    9 Therfore is it called Babell, because the LORDE cofounded there the language of all the worlde, and from thece scatred them abrode in to all londes.

  • 11 And he sayde vnto me: in to the londe of Synear, to buylde them an house: which when it is prepared, the measure shall be set there in his place.

  • 3 sayenge: Tush, there is no destruccion at honde, let vs buylde houses: This Ierusalem is the cauldron, & we be the flesh.

  • 4 Then tolde we them the names of the men, that made this buyldinge.

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    29 lest after he hath layed the foundacio, and is not able to perfourme it, all they that se it, begynne to laugh him to scorne,

    30 & to saye: This man beganne to buylde, and is not able to perfurme it.

  • 11 which was very hye, greate and mightie: ye heyth reached vnto the heaue, and the bredth extended to all the endes of the earth:

  • 26 And God sayde: let vs make man in or similitude after oure licknesse, that he maye haue rule ouer the fysh of the see, and ouer the foules vnder ye heauen, and ouer catell, and ouer all the earth, and ouer all wormes that crepe on ye earth.

  • Neh 4:5-6
    2 verses
    69%

    5 Couer not their wickednesse, & put not out their sinne fro yi presence: for they haue prouoked the buylders.

    6 Yet buylded we the wall, & ioyned it whole together, vnto ye halfe heigth. And the people were well mynded to labor.

  • 28 Whither shal we go vp? Oure brethren haue discoraged oure hertes, & saide: The people is greater & of hyer stature the we, ye cities are greate, & walled euen vp to heauen. Morouer we haue sene there the children of Enakim.

  • 26 Therfore sayde we: Let vs make oure children an altare, not for sacrifice, ner for burntofferinge,

  • 9 Neuertheles we axed the Elders and sayde vnto them: Who hath comaunded you to buylde this house, and to make vp the walles therof?

  • 15 And let them be lightes in ye firmament of heauen, to shyne vpon the earth: And so it came to passe.

  • 15 vpon all costly towres, and vpon all stronge walles,

  • 10 And the origenall of his kyngdome was Babel, Erech, Acad & Chalne in ye londe of Synear.