Verse 4

And they said{H559}{(H8799)}, Go to{H3051}{(H8798)}, let us build{H1129}{(H8799)} us a city{H5892} and a tower{H4026}, whose top{H7218} may reach unto heaven{H8064}; and let us make{H6213}{(H8799)} us a name{H8034}, lest we be scattered abroad{H6327}{(H8799)} upon the face{H6440} of the whole earth{H776}.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 1:28 : 28 Whither shall we go up{H5927}{(H8802)}? our brethren{H251} have discouraged{H4549}{(H8689)} our heart{H3824}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, The people{H5971} is greater{H1419} and taller{H7311}{(H8802)} than we; the cities{H5892} are great{H1419} and walled up{H1219}{(H8803)} to heaven{H8064}; and moreover we have seen{H7200}{(H8804)} the sons{H1121} of the Anakims{H6062} there.
  • Deut 9:1 : 1 Hear{H8085}{(H8798)}, O Israel{H3478}: Thou art to pass over{H5674}{(H8802)} Jordan{H3383} this day{H3117}, to go in{H935}{(H8800)} to possess{H3423}{(H8800)} nations{H1471} greater{H1419} and mightier{H6099} than thyself, cities{H5892} great{H1419} and fenced up{H1219}{(H8803)} to heaven{H8064},
  • 2 Sam 8:13 : 13 And David{H1732} gat{H6213}{(H8799)} him a name{H8034} when he returned{H7725}{(H8800)} from smiting{H5221}{(H8687)} of the Syrians{H758} in the valley{H1516} of salt{H4417}, being eighteen{H8083}{H6240} thousand{H505} men.
  • Ps 49:11-13 : 11 Their inward{H7130} thought is, that their houses{H1004} shall continue for ever{H5769}, and their dwelling{H4908} places to all{H1755} generations{H1755}; they call{H7121}{H8804)} their lands{H127} after their own names{H8034}. 12 Nevertheless man{H120} being in honour{H3366} abideth{H3885}{H8799)} not: he is like{H4911}{H8738)} the beasts{H929} that perish{H1820}{H8738)}. 13 This their way{H1870} is their folly{H3689}: yet their posterity{H310} approve{H7521}{H8799)} their sayings{H6310}. Selah{H5542}.
  • Ps 92:9 : 9 For, lo, thine enemies{H341}{H8802)}, O LORD{H3068}, for, lo, thine enemies{H341}{H8802)} shall perish{H6}{H8799)}; all the workers{H6466}{H8802)} of iniquity{H205} shall be scattered{H6504}{H8691)}.
  • Prov 10:7 : 7 The memory{H2143} of the just{H6662} is blessed{H1293}: but the name{H8034} of the wicked{H7563} shall rot{H7537}{(H8799)}.
  • Dan 4:11 : 11 The tree{H363} grew{H7236}{(H8754)}, and was strong{H8631}{(H8754)}, and the height{H7314} thereof reached{H4291}{(H8748)} unto heaven{H8065}, and the sight{H2379} thereof to the end{H5491} of all{H3606} the earth{H772}:
  • Dan 4:22 : 22 It is thou{H607}, O king{H4430}, that art grown{H7236}{(H8754)} and become strong{H8631}{(H8748)}: for thy greatness{H7238} is grown{H7236}{(H8754)}, and reacheth{H4291}{(H8754)} unto heaven{H8065}, and thy dominion{H7985} to the end{H5491} of the earth{H772}.
  • Dan 4:30 : 30 The king{H4430} spake{H6032}{(H8750)}, and said{H560}{(H8750)}, Is not{H3809} this{H1932}{H1668} great{H7229} Babylon{H895}, that I{H576} have built{H1124}{(H8754)} for the house{H1005} of the kingdom{H4437} by the might{H8632} of my power{H2632}, and for the honour{H3367} of my majesty{H1923}?
  • Luke 1:51 : 51 He hath shewed{G4160}{(G5656)} strength{G2904} with{G1722} his{G846} arm{G1023}; he hath scattered{G1287}{(G5656)} the proud{G5244} in the imagination{G1271} of their{G846} hearts{G2588}.
  • John 5:44 : 44 How{G4459} can{G1410}{(G5736)} ye{G5210} believe{G4100}{(G5658)}, which receive{G2983}{(G5723)} honour{G1391} one of another{G3844}{G240}, and{G2532} seek{G2212}{(G5719)} not{G3756} the honour{G1391} that cometh from{G3844} God{G2316} only{G3441}?
  • Deut 4:27 : 27 And the LORD{H3068} shall scatter{H6327}{(H8689)} you among the nations{H5971}, and ye shall be left{H7604}{(H8738)} few{H4962} in number{H4557} among the heathen{H1471}, whither the LORD{H3068} shall lead{H5090}{(H8762)} you.
  • Gen 6:4 : 4 There were giants{H5303} in the earth{H776} in those days{H3117}; and also after{H310} that{H3651}, when{H834} the sons{H1121} of God{H430} came in{H935}{(H8799)} unto the daughters{H1323} of men{H120}, and they bare{H3205}{(H8804)} children to them, the same{H1992} became mighty men{H1368} which were of old{H5769}, men{H582} of renown{H8034}.
  • Gen 11:8-9 : 8 So the LORD{H3068} scattered them abroad{H6327}{(H8686)} from thence{H8033} upon the face{H6440} of all the earth{H776}: and they left off{H2308}{(H8799)} to build{H1129}{(H8800)} the city{H5892}. 9 Therefore is the name of it{H8034} called{H7121}{(H8804)} Babel{H894}; because the LORD{H3068} did there confound{H1101}{(H8804)} the language{H8193} of all the earth{H776}: and from thence did{H6327} the LORD{H3068} scatter them abroad{H6327}{(H8689)} upon the face{H6440} of all the earth{H776}.