Genesis 11:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Gen 18:21 : 21 I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry against it that has come to me; and if not, I will know.
  • Exod 19:11 : 11 And be ready for the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon Mount Sinai.
  • Exod 3:8 : 8 And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good land and a large, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
  • Exod 19:20 : 20 And the LORD came down upon Mount Sinai, on the top of the mount, and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
  • John 3:13 : 13 No man has ascended to heaven but he who came down from heaven, even the Son of Man who is in heaven.
  • Heb 4:13 : 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight; but all things are naked and open unto the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
  • Ps 11:4 : 4 The LORD is in His holy temple, the LORD's throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids test the children of men.
  • Ps 33:13-14 : 13 The LORD looks from heaven; he sees all the children of men. 14 From the place of his dwelling, he looks upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
  • Jer 23:23-24 : 23 Am I a God nearby, says the LORD, and not a God afar off? 24 Can anyone hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? says the LORD. Do I not fill heaven and earth? says the LORD.
  • Exod 19:18 : 18 And Mount Sinai was all in smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire, and the smoke went up like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 11:1-4
    4 verses
    87%

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

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

    3And 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.

    4And 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 11:6-9
    4 verses
    84%

    6And 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.

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

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

    9Therefore 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.

  • Ps 14:2
    71%

    2The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any who understood and sought God.

  • Gen 18:20-21
    2 verses
    70%

    20And the LORD said, Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and their sin is very grievous,

    21I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry against it that has come to me; and if not, I will know.

  • Exod 19:20
    70%

    20And the LORD came down upon Mount Sinai, on the top of the mount, and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.

  • Zech 5:11
    69%

    11And 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.

  • Gen 28:12
    69%

    12And he dreamed, and behold, a ladder set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

  • Mic 1:3
    69%

    3For behold, the LORD comes forth out of his place, and will come down and tread upon the high places of the earth.

  • Jer 31:38
    68%

    38Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananel to the corner gate.

  • Ps 53:2
    68%

    2God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any who understood, who sought God.

  • Gen 6:5
    68%

    5Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

  • Gen 6:1
    68%

    1And it happened, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,

  • Gen 19:28
    68%

    28And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and he saw, and behold, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a furnace.

  • Acts 2:6
    67%

    6When this sound occurred, the multitude came together and were bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in his own language.

  • Exod 34:5
    67%

    5And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.

  • Isa 25:12
    67%

    12And the fortress of the high fort of your walls will He bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.

  • Hag 1:8
    67%

    8Go up to the mountains, bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it and be glorified, says the LORD.

  • Gen 19:13
    67%

    13For we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD has sent us to destroy it.

  • Num 12:5
    67%

    5And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam; and they both came forward.

  • 1 Kgs 6:11
    67%

    11And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,