Genesis 11:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

And they said to one another, Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and tar they had for mortar.

Additional Resources

Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And they said{H559} one{H376} to{H3051} another,{H7453} Come,{H3051} let us make{H3835} brick,{H3843} and burn{H8313} them thoroughly.{H8316} And they had brick{H3843} for stone,{H68} and slime{H2564} had{H1961} they for mortar.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And they said{H559}{(H8799)} one{H376} to another{H7453}, Go to{H3051}{(H8798)}, let us make{H3835}{(H8799)} brick{H3843}, and burn{H8313}{(H8799)} them throughly{H8316}. And they had brick{H3843} for stone{H68}, and slime{H2564} had{H1961}{(H8804)} they for morter{H2563}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And they sayd one to a nother: come on let us make brycke ad burne it wyth fyre. So brycke was there stone and slyme was there morter

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

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

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And they said one to another, Come, let vs make bricke, and burne it in the fire. So they had bricke for stone, and slyme had they in steade of morter.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    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.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    They said one to another, "Come, let's make brick, and burn them thoroughly." They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and they say each one to his neighbour, `Give help, let us make bricks, and burn `them' thoroughly:' and the brick is to them for stone, and the bitumen hath been to them for mortar.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And they said one to another, Come, let us make bricks, burning them well. And they had bricks for stone, putting them together with sticky earth.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    They said one to another, "Come, let's make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Then they said to one another,“Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.”(They had brick instead of stone and tar instead of mortar.)

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 14:10 : 10 And the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled and fell there; and those who remained fled to the mountain.
  • Exod 1:14 : 14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, which they made them serve, was with rigor.
  • Exod 2:3 : 3 And when she could no longer hide him, she took an ark of bulrushes for him, and coated it with tar and pitch, put the child in it, and laid it among the reeds by the river's edge.
  • Exod 5:7-9 : 7 You shall no longer give the people straw to make bricks as before: let them go and gather straw for themselves. 8 And the quota of bricks, which they made before, you shall lay upon them; you shall not diminish anything from it: for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. 9 Let more work be laid upon the men, so they may labor in it; and let them not regard lying words. 10 And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying, This is what Pharaoh says, I will not give you straw. 11 Go, get straw where you can find it: yet nothing of your work shall be diminished. 12 So the people scattered throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw. 13 And the taskmasters hastened them, saying, Fulfill your work, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. 14 And the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and questioned, Why have you not fulfilled your task in making bricks both yesterday and today, as before? 15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Why do you deal this way with your servants? 16 There is no straw given to your servants, and they say to us, Make bricks: and behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people. 17 But he said, You are idle, you are idle: therefore you say, Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord. 18 Go therefore now, and work; for no straw shall be given you, yet you shall deliver the quota of bricks.
  • 2 Sam 12:31 : 31 He brought forth the people who were in it, and put them under saws, harrows of iron, and axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick kiln: and thus he did to all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
  • Ps 64:5 : 5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter; they talk of laying snares secretly; they say, Who shall see them?
  • Prov 1:11 : 11 If they say, "Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
  • Eccl 2:1 : 1 I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure." And behold, this also is vanity.
  • Isa 5:5 : 5 And now, I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be eaten up; break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down:
  • Isa 9:10 : 10 The bricks have fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones; the sycamores are cut down, but we will replace them with cedars.
  • Isa 41:6-7 : 6 They helped everyone his neighbor; and everyone said to his brother, Be of good courage. 7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smooths with the hammer him that struck the anvil, saying, It is ready for the soldering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
  • Isa 65:3 : 3 A people who provoke me to anger continually to my face, who sacrifice in gardens and burn incense on altars of brick;
  • Nah 3:14 : 14 Draw water for the siege, fortify your strongholds: go into clay and tread the mortar, make strong the brick kiln.
  • Heb 3:13 : 13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called Today; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
  • Heb 10:24 : 24 And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works,
  • Jas 4:13 : 13 Come now, you who say, Today or tomorrow we will go into such a city and spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit;
  • Jas 5:1 : 1 Come now, you rich men, weep and wail for your miseries that shall come upon you.
  • Gen 11:4 : 4 And they said, Come, let us build a city and a tower whose top may reach to heaven, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.
  • Gen 11:7 : 7 Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Gen 11:4-9
    6 verses
    88%

    4 And they said, Come, let us build a city and a tower whose top may reach to heaven, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.

    5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.

    6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people are one, and they all have one language; and this is what they begin to do: now nothing will be withheld from them which they have planned to do.

    7 Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

    8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city.

    9 Therefore its name is called Babel, because the LORD confused the language of all the earth there, and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.

  • Gen 11:1-2
    2 verses
    84%

    1 And the whole earth had one language and one speech.

    2 And it happened, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and lived there.

  • Nah 3:14
    72%

    14 Draw water for the siege, fortify your strongholds: go into clay and tread the mortar, make strong the brick kiln.

  • Exod 5:7-9
    3 verses
    71%

    7 You shall no longer give the people straw to make bricks as before: let them go and gather straw for themselves.

    8 And the quota of bricks, which they made before, you shall lay upon them; you shall not diminish anything from it: for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.

    9 Let more work be laid upon the men, so they may labor in it; and let them not regard lying words.

  • Exod 5:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18 Go therefore now, and work; for no straw shall be given you, yet you shall deliver the quota of bricks.

    19 And the officers of the children of Israel realized they were in trouble when it was said, You shall not diminish anything from your bricks of your daily task.

  • Zech 5:11
    70%

    11 And he said to me, To build it a house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon its own base.

  • Ezek 11:3
    69%

    3 Who say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the cauldron, and we are the meat.

  • Exod 1:14
    68%

    14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, which they made them serve, was with rigor.

  • Exod 1:11
    68%

    11 Therefore they set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.

  • Exod 5:16
    68%

    16 There is no straw given to your servants, and they say to us, Make bricks: and behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people.

  • Ezek 13:15
    68%

    15 Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall and upon those who daubed it with untempered mortar, and will say to you, 'The wall is no more, nor are those who daubed it.'

  • Ezek 13:11-12
    2 verses
    68%

    11 Say to those who daub it with untempered mortar, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and you, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.

    12 Surely, when the wall has fallen, will it not be said to you, 'Where is the daubing with which you have daubed it?'

  • Ezra 5:4
    67%

    4 Then we said to them in this manner, What are the names of the men who are building this building?

  • Lev 14:42
    67%

    42 And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other mortar and plaster the house.

  • Gen 14:10
    67%

    10 And the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled and fell there; and those who remained fled to the mountain.

  • Luke 17:29
    67%

    29 But on the same day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.