Genesis 11:8

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And Jehovah doth scatter them from thence over the face of all the earth, and they cease to build the city;

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 1:51 : 51 He did powerfully with His arm, He scattered abroad the proud in the thought of their heart,
  • Gen 10:25 : 25 And to Eber have two sons been born; the name of the one `is' Peleg (for in his days hath the earth been divided,) and his brother's name `is' Joktan.
  • Gen 10:32 : 32 These `are' families of the sons of Noah, by their births, in their nations, and by these have the nations been parted in the earth after the deluge.
  • Gen 11:4 : 4 And they say, `Give help, let us build for ourselves a city and tower, and its head in the heavens, and make for ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of all the earth.'
  • Gen 11:9 : 9 therefore hath `one' called its name Babel, for there hath Jehovah mingled the pronunciation of all the earth, and from thence hath Jehovah scattered them over the face of all the earth.
  • Gen 49:7 : 7 Cursed `is' their anger, for `it is' fierce, And their wrath, for `it is' sharp; I divide them in Jacob, And I scatter them in Israel.
  • Deut 32:8 : 8 In the Most High causing nations to inherit, In His separating sons of Adam -- He setteth up the borders of the peoples By the number of the sons of Israel.

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    9 therefore hath `one' called its name Babel, for there hath Jehovah mingled the pronunciation of all the earth, and from thence hath Jehovah scattered them over the face of all the earth.

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    1 And the whole earth is of one pronunciation, and of the same words,

    2 and it cometh to pass, in their journeying from the east, that they find a valley in the land of Shinar, and dwell there;

    3 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.

    4 And they say, `Give help, let us build for ourselves a city and tower, and its head in the heavens, and make for ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of all the earth.'

    5 And Jehovah cometh down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men have builded;

    6 and Jehovah saith, `Lo, the people `is' one, and one pronunciation `is' to them all, and this it hath dreamed of doing; and now, nothing is restrained from them of that which they have purposed to do.

    7 Give help, let us go down, and mingle there their pronunciation, so that a man doth not understand the pronunciation of his companion.'

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    10 And the first part of his kingdom is Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar;

    11 from that land he hath gone out to Asshur, and buildeth Nineveh, even the broad places of the city, and Calah,

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    6 and the rumour of this having come, the multitude came together, and was confounded, because they were each one hearing them speaking in his proper dialect,

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    5 By these have the isles of the nations been parted in their lands, each by his tongue, by their families, in their nations.

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    23 Jehovah God sendeth him forth from the garden of Eden to serve the ground from which he hath been taken;

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    11 And he saith unto me, `To build to it a house in the land of Shinar.' And it hath been prepared and hath been placed there on its base.

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    32 These `are' families of the sons of Noah, by their births, in their nations, and by these have the nations been parted in the earth after the deluge.

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    27 And to cause their seed to fall among nations, And to scatter them through lands.

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    8 And many nations have passed by this city, And they have said, each to his neighbour, For what hath Jehovah done thus to this great city?

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    19 And I scatter them among nations, And they are spread through lands, According to their way, and according to their doings, I have judged them.