Genesis 11:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Gen 1:26 : 26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.
  • Gen 42:23 : 23 And they did not know that Joseph understood them; for he spoke to them by an interpreter.
  • Deut 28:49 : 49 The LORD shall bring a nation against you from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies; a nation whose language you shall not understand;
  • Ps 2:4 : 4 He who sits in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
  • Jer 5:15 : 15 Behold, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, says the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know, neither understand what they say.
  • Acts 2:4-9 : 4 They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. 5 Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven. 6 When this sound occurred, the multitude came together and were bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in his own language. 7 They were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, 'Behold, are not all these who speak Galileans?' 8 How is it that we hear each in our own language in which we were born? 9 Parthians, Medes, Elamites, those dwelling in Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, and Asia, 10 Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, and the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, 11 Cretans and Arabs—we hear them speaking in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
  • 1 Cor 14:2-9 : 2 For he who speaks in an unknown tongue speaks not to men, but to God; for no man understands him; however, in the spirit he speaks mysteries. 3 But he who prophesies speaks to men for edification, exhortation, and comfort. 4 He who speaks in an unknown tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church. 5 I wish that you all spoke with tongues, but rather that you prophesied; for greater is he who prophesies than he who speaks with tongues, unless he interprets, that the church may receive edification. 6 Now, brethren, if I come to you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, unless I speak to you by revelation, knowledge, prophesying, or doctrine? 7 Even things without life, giving sound, whether pipe or harp, unless they give a distinction in the sounds, how will it be known what is piped or harped? 8 For if the trumpet gives an uncertain sound, who will prepare for battle? 9 So likewise you, unless you utter by the tongue words easy to understand, how will it be known what is spoken? For you will speak into the air. 10 There are, perhaps, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without significance. 11 Therefore, if I do not know the meaning of the voice, I shall be to him who speaks a foreigner, and he who speaks shall be a foreigner to me.
  • 1 Cor 14:23 : 23 Therefore, if the whole church comes together in one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those who are uninformed or unbelievers, will they not say that you are mad?
  • Ps 33:10 : 10 The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he makes the plans of the people of no effect.
  • Ps 55:9 : 9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
  • Isa 6:8 : 8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us? Then I said, Here am I; send me.
  • Job 5:12-13 : 12 He frustrates the plans of the crafty, so that their hands cannot accomplish their schemes. 13 He catches the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the perverse is brought to a rapid end.
  • Job 12:20 : 20 He removes the speech of the trusted, and takes away the understanding of the aged.
  • Gen 3:22 : 22 Then the LORD God said, Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever:
  • Gen 10:5 : 5 By these were the islands of the Gentiles divided in their lands, everyone after his language, after their families, in their nations.
  • Gen 10:20 : 20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their languages, in their countries, and in their nations.
  • Gen 10:32 : 32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations. And by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
  • Gen 11:5 : 5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 11:1-6
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    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.

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

    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.

  • Gen 11:8-9
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    86%

    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.

  • Acts 2:6-8
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    74%

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

    7They were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, 'Behold, are not all these who speak Galileans?'

    8How is it that we hear each in our own language in which we were born?

  • Isa 28:11
    70%

    11For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.

  • Gen 10:5
    69%

    5By these were the islands of the Gentiles divided in their lands, everyone after his language, after their families, in their nations.

  • Zeph 3:9
    68%

    9For then I will turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.

  • 1 Cor 14:21
    68%

    21In the law it is written: With men of other tongues and other lips I will speak to this people, and yet for all that they will not hear me, says the Lord.

  • Gen 19:13
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    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.

  • Acts 2:12
    67%

    12They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, 'What does this mean?'

  • Isa 33:19
    67%

    19You will not see a fierce people, a people of a speech too deep to understand, of a stammering tongue that you cannot comprehend.

  • 1 Cor 14:23
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    23Therefore, if the whole church comes together in one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those who are uninformed or unbelievers, will they not say that you are mad?

  • Ps 64:8
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    8So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves; all who see them shall flee away.

  • Ps 73:9
    66%

    9They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth.

  • Ps 55:9
    66%

    9Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

  • Gen 10:31-32
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    31These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their languages, in their lands, after their nations.

    32These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations. And by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.

  • 1 Cor 14:9
    66%

    9So likewise you, unless you utter by the tongue words easy to understand, how will it be known what is spoken? For you will speak into the air.

  • Ps 2:3
    66%

    3Let us break their bonds apart, and cast away their cords from us.

  • Acts 2:4
    66%

    4They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

  • Isa 6:9
    66%

    9And He said, Go and tell this people, You hear indeed, but do not understand; and you see indeed, but do not perceive.

  • Ps 106:27
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    27To overthrow their descendants also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.

  • Deut 1:28
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    28Where shall we go up? Our brethren have discouraged our hearts, saying, The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.