Genesis 11:7
Come on, let vs go downe, & cofounde their tonge eue there, yt one vnderstonde not what another saieth.
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- Gen 1:26 : 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.
- Gen 42:23 : 23 But they knew not that Ioseph vnderstode it, for he spake vnto the by an interpreter.
- Deut 28:49 : 49 The LORDE shal brynge a nacion vpon the from farre, euen from the ende of ye worlde, as a flyenge Aegle: a people, whose speache thou canst not vnderstonde,
- Ps 2:4 : 4 Neuerthelesse, he that dwelleth in heauen, shall laugh the to scorne: yee euen the LORDE himselff shall haue them in derision.
- Jer 5:15 : 15 Lo, I will bringe a people vpo you from farre, o house of Israel (saieth the LORDE) a mightie people, an olde people, a people whose speach thou knowest not, nether vnderstodest what they saye.
- Acts 2:4-9 : 4 and they were all fylled with the holy goost. And they beganne to preach with other tunges, euen as the sprete gaue them vtteraunce. 5 There were dwellinge at Ierusalem Iewes, men that feared God, out of euery nacion that is vnder heauen. 6 Now whan this voyce came to passe, the multitude came together, and were astonyed: For euery one herde, that they spake with his awne tunge. 7 They wondred all and marueyled, and sayde amonge them selues: Beholde, are not all these which speake, of Galile? 8 How heare we the euery one his awne tunge, wherin we were borne? 9 Parthians and Medes, and Elamites, and we that dwell in Mesopotamia, and in Iewry and Capadocia, Pontus, and Asia, 10 Phrigia and Pamphilia, Egipte, and in the partes of Lybia by Cyren, and straungers of Rome, Iewes and Proselytes, 11 Cretes and Arabians: we heare them speake with oure awne tunges the greate workes of God.
- 1 Cor 14:2-9 : 2 For he yt speaketh with tunges, speaketh not vnto men, but vnto God: for no man heareth him. Howbeit in ye sprete he speaketh misteries. 3 But he that prophecieth, speaketh vnto men to edifienge, & to exhortacion, and to coforte. 4 He that speaketh with tunges, edifieth himselfe: but he that prophecieth, edifieth the cogregacion. 5 I wolde that ye all spake with tunges, but rather that ye prophecied. For greater is he that prophecieth, then he that speaketh wt tuges: excepte he also expounde it, that the congregacion maye haue edifienge. 6 But now brethren yf I come vnto you, and speake with tunges, what shal I profet you, excepte I speake vnto you ether by reuelacion or by knowlege, or by prophecienge, or by doctryne? 7 Likewyse is it also in ye thinges that geue sounde, and yet lyue not: whether it be a pype or an harpe, excepte they geue distyncte soundes from them, how shal it be knowne what is pyped or harped? 8 And yf the trope geue an vncertayne sounde, who wil prepare himselfe to the battayll? 9 Euen so ye likewyse, whan ye speake with tunges, excepte ye speake playne wordes, how shal it be knowne what is spoke? for ye shal but speake in ye ayre. 10 So many kyndes of voyces are in the worlde, and none of them is without significacion. 11 Yf I knowe not now what ye voyce meaneth, I shalbe an aleaunt vnto him that speaketh: & he that speaketh, shalbe an aleaut vnto me.
- 1 Cor 14:23 : 23 Yf the whole cogregacion now came together in to one place, & spake all with tunges, and there came in they that are vnlearned, or they which beleue not, shulde they not saye, that ye were out of youre wyttes?
- Ps 33:10 : 10 The LORDE bryngeth the councell of the Heithen to naught, and turneth the deuyces of the people.
- Ps 55:9 : 9 This goeth daye and night aboute the walles, myschefe and vyce are in the myddest of it.
- Isa 6:8 : 8 After this I herde the voyce of the LORDE takinge advysement on this maner: Whom shall I sende, and who wilbe oure messaunger? The I sayde: here am I, sende me.
- Job 5:12-13 : 12 Which destroyeth the deuyces of the sotyll, so that they are not able to perfourme the thynges that they take in hode: 13 which compaseth ye wyse in their owne craftynesse, and ouertroweth the councell of the wicked:
- Job 12:20 : 20 He taketh the verite from out of the mouth, & disapoynteth ye aged of their wy?dome.
- Gen 3:22 : 22 And the LORDE God sayde: lo, Adam is become as it were one of vs, & knoweth good & euell. But now lest he stretch his hande, and take also of the tre of life, and eate, and lyue for euer.
- Gen 10:5 : 5 Of these are deuided the Iles of ye Heithen in their countrees, euery one after his speach, kynred and people.
- Gen 10:20 : 20 These are the children of Ham in their kynreds, tunges, londes & people.
- Gen 10:32 : 32 This is now ye generacion of ye children of Noe in their kynredes & people. Of these were ye people vpon earth spred a brode after ye floude.
- Gen 11:5 : 5 Then came ye LORDE downe, to se ye cite & tower, yt ye childre of me had buylded.
Similar Verses (AI)
These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.
- Gen 11:1-66 verses87%
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,
4 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.
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.
- Gen 11:8-92 verses86%
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.
- Acts 2:6-83 verses74%
6 Now whan this voyce came to passe, the multitude came together, and were astonyed: For euery one herde, that they spake with his awne tunge.
7 They wondred all and marueyled, and sayde amonge them selues: Beholde, are not all these which speake, of Galile?
8 How heare we the euery one his awne tunge, wherin we were borne?
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11 And therfore the LORDE also shal speake wt lispinge lippes and wt a straunge laguage vnto this people, to whom he spake afore of this maner:
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5 Of these are deuided the Iles of ye Heithen in their countrees, euery one after his speach, kynred and people.
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9 And then wil I clense the lippes of the people, that they maye euerychone call vpon the name of the LORDE, and serue him with one shulder.
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21 In the lawe it is wrytten: With other tunges and with other lippes wyl I speake vnto this people, and yet shal they not so heare me, sayeth the LORDE
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13 for we must destroye this place, because the crye of them is greate before the LORDE, which hath sent vs to destroye them.
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12 They were all amased, and wondred, and sayde one to another: What wil this be?
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19 There shalt thou not se a people of a straunge tuge, to haue so diffused a laguage, that it maye not be vnderstonde: nether so straunge a speache, but it shal be perceaued.
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23 Yf the whole cogregacion now came together in to one place, & spake all with tunges, and there came in they that are vnlearned, or they which beleue not, shulde they not saye, that ye were out of youre wyttes?
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8 Yee their owne tunges shall make them fall, In so moch that who so seyth the, shal laugh the to scorne.
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9 They stretch forth their mouth vnto the heauen, & their tonge goeth thorow the worlde.
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9 This goeth daye and night aboute the walles, myschefe and vyce are in the myddest of it.
- Gen 10:31-322 verses66%
31 These are ye children of Sem in their generacions, tunges, londes and people.
32 This is now ye generacion of ye children of Noe in their kynredes & people. Of these were ye people vpon earth spred a brode after ye floude.
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9 Euen so ye likewyse, whan ye speake with tunges, excepte ye speake playne wordes, how shal it be knowne what is spoke? for ye shal but speake in ye ayre.
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3 Let vs breake their bondes a sunder, and cast awaye their yocke from vs.
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4 and they were all fylled with the holy goost. And they beganne to preach with other tunges, euen as the sprete gaue them vtteraunce.
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9 And so he sayde: go, and tel this people: ye shall heare in dede, but ye shal not vnderstonde, ye shal planely se, and not perceaue.
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27 To cast out their sede amonge the nacions, and to scater them in the londes.
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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.