Genesis 11:7
“Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Genesis 11:7 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Wohlan, laßt uns herniederfahren und ihre Sprache daselbst verwirren, daß sie einer des anderen Sprache nicht verstehen!
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Ahora pues, descendamos, y confundamos allí sus lenguas, para que ninguno entienda el habla de su compañero.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Agora, pois, desçamos, e confundamos ali suas línguas, para que ninguém entenda a fala de seu companheiro.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Vinde, desçamos e confundamos ali a sua língua, para que não entendam uns aos outros".
📖 Genesis 11:7 in Context
5And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
6And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
7Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
8So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
9Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
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