Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And it shall be in their removing from the east they shall find a valley in the land of Shmar; and they shall dwell there.
New American Standard Bible
It came about as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land
King James Version
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
Holman Bible
As people
International Standard Version
As people migrated westward, they came across a plain in the region of Shinar and settled there.
A Conservative Version
And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there.
American Standard Version
And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
Amplified
And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and they settled there.
Bible in Basic English
And it came about that in their wandering from the east, they came to a stretch of flat country in the land of Shinar, and there they made their living-place.
Darby Translation
And it came to pass as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there.
King James 2000
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And as people migrated from the east they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
Modern King James verseion
And it happened, as they traveled from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar. And they lived there.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And as they came from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and there they dwelled.
NET Bible
When the people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.
New Heart English Bible
It happened, as they traveled from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
The Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass as they brake away onwards, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there.
Webster
And it came to pass as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there.
World English Bible
It happened, as they traveled east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
Youngs Literal Translation
and it cometh to pass, in their journeying from the east, that they find a valley in the land of Shinar, and dwell there;
Themes
Babel » A city » Plain » Shinar » Tower » Built
Babylon » Empire of » Called land of shinar
Babylon » City of » In the land of shinar
Dispersion » After building the tower of babel
Language » Confusion of » A punishment for presumption, &c
Interlinear
Naca`
Qedem
Matsa'
References
American
Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 11:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Tower Of Babylon
1 And all the earth shall be one lip, and the same words. 2 And it shall be in their removing from the east they shall find a valley in the land of Shmar; and they shall dwell there. 3 And they shall say a man to his neighbor, Come, we will make bricks, and we will burn to a burning, and brick shall be to them for stone, and potter's clay shall be to them for potter's clay.
Names
Cross References
Genesis 10:10
And the beginning of his kingdom shall be Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Genesis 14:1
And it shall be in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch king of Alasar, Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of nations,
Daniel 1:2
And Jehovah will give Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, and from the number of vessels of the house of God: and he will bring them to the land of Shinar the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure-house of his god.
Isaiah 11:11
And it was in that day Jehovah shall add the second time his hand to gain the remnant of his people which shall be left from Assur and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.,
Zechariah 5:11
And he will say to me, To build for it a house in the land of Shiner: and it was prepared, and set there upon her base.
Genesis 11:9
Therefore its name was called confusion, for there Jehovah confounded the lip of all the earth: and from thence Jehovah dispersed them over the face of all the earth.
Genesis 13:11
And Lot shall choose to him all the environs of Jordan: and Lot will remove from the east and they shall be separated each from his brother.