Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And Jehovah will come down to see the city, and the tower which the sons of men built
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
Holman Bible
Then the Lord came down
International Standard Version
However, the LORD descended to look over the city and the tower that the humans were building.
A Conservative Version
And LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of men built.
American Standard Version
And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
Amplified
Now the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.
Bible in Basic English
And the Lord came down to see the town and the tower which the children of men were building.
Darby Translation
And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower which the children of men built.
King James 2000
And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower that {humankind} was building.
Modern King James verseion
And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of Adam had built.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the children of Adam had built.
NET Bible
But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower that the people had started building.
New Heart English Bible
The LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.
The Emphasized Bible
And Yahweh came down, to behold the city, and the tower, - which the sons of men had built.
Webster
And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men were building.
World English Bible
Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Jehovah cometh down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men have builded;
Themes
Babel » A city » Plain » Shinar » Tower » Built
Dispersion » After building the tower of babel
Language » Confusion of » A punishment for presumption, &c
Interlinear
Yarad
Ra'ah
References
Easton
Hastings
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 11:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Tower Of Babylon
4 And they will say, Come, we will build to us a city, and a tower, its head to the heavens; and we will make to us a name, lest we shall be dispersed over the face of the earth. 5 And Jehovah will come down to see the city, and the tower which the sons of men built 6 And Jehovah will say, Behold, the people one, and one lip to them all; and this they begin to do: and now it will not be restrained from them all which they shall imagine to do.
Cross References
Genesis 18:21
I will go now and see whether they did wholly according to its cry coming to me; and if not, I shall know.
Exodus 19:11
And be ye prepared for the third day, for in the third day Jehovah will come down before the eyes of all the people upon mount Sinai.
Exodus 3:8
And I will come down to deliver them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of this land to a good and great land, to a land flowing milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanites and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites and the Jebusites.
Exodus 19:18
And mount Sinai smoked all of it, because that Jehovah came down upon it in fire: and its smoke will go up as the smoke of the furnace, and all the mountain will tremble exceedingly.
Exodus 19:20
And Jehovah will come down upon mount Sinai to the head of the mount: and Jehovah will call for Moses to the head of the mount and Moses will go up.
Psalm 11:4
Jehovah is in his holy temple; Jehovah, in the heavens his throne: his eyes will behold, his eyelashes will try the sons of man.
Psalm 33:13-14
Jehovah looked from the heavens; he saw all the sons of man.
Jeremiah 23:23-24
Am I God from near, says Jehovah, and not God from far off?
John 3:13
And none has ascended to heaven, except he having descended from heaven, the Son of man, he being in heaven.
Hebrews 4:13
And there is no creation invisible before him: and all things naked and exposed, neck and face to view, to the eyes of him with whom to us is the word.