53 Bible Verses about Languages

And all the earth shall be one lip, and the same words. 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. 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.read more.
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. And Jehovah will come down to see the city, and the tower which the sons of men built 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. Come, we will come down and mix their lip that they shall not hear a man the lip of his neighbor. And Jehovah will disperse them from thence over the face of all the earth: and they will cease to build the city. 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.

The sons of Japheth; Gomer and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Chittim and Dodanirn.read more.
By these were the isles of the nations divided in their lands; a man according to his tongue, according to their tribe, in their nations

In that day there shall be five cities in the land of Egypt speaking the lip of Canaan, and they sware to Jehovah of armies; and to one it shall be said, The city of the sun.

Also in those days I saw Jews who caused to dwell women, Ashdodites, Ammonites, Moabites: And their sons half speaking the Ashdod dialect, and they not knowing to speak the Judean dialect, and according to the tongue of people and people. And I shall contend with them, and I shall curse them and I shall strike of them men, and I shall make them bald, and cause them to swear by God, If ye shall give your daughters to their sons, and if ye shall lift up from their daughters to your sons and to yourselves.read more.
Did not Solomon king of Israel sin concerning these? and in many nations was there not a king like him, and he was loved by his God, and God will give him king over all Israel: also him did women strangers cause to sin. And to you shall we hear to do all this great evil to transgress against our God to cause strange women to dwell.

Thus said Jehovah of armies: In those days, that ten men shall take hold from all tongues of the nations, and they took hold of the wing of a man a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we heard God is with you.

And they sing a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to take the book, and to open its seals: for thou wert slain, and didst purchase us to God by thy blood from every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation;

After these things I saw, and, behold, a great multitude, which none could number it, of all nations, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, having put round white robes, and palm trees in their hands;

And he says to me, Thou must again prophesy to peoples, and nations, and tongues, and many kings.

And they from the people and tongues and nations shall see their slain bodies three days and a half, and they shall not suffer their slain bodies to be put into tombs.

And it was given him to make war with the holy, and to conquer them: and power was given him over every tribe, and tongue, and nation.

And I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the lasting good news to announce to them dwelling upon the earth, and to every nation, and tribe, and tongue, and people,

And he says to me, The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sits, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

Also in those days I saw Jews who caused to dwell women, Ashdodites, Ammonites, Moabites: And their sons half speaking the Ashdod dialect, and they not knowing to speak the Judean dialect, and according to the tongue of people and people.

Jehovah shall raise up against thee a nation from far off, from the extremity of the earth, as the eagle shall fly, whose tongue thou shalt not hear; A nation strong of face who shall not lift up the face to the old man, and shall not compassionate the young.

He set him a testimony in Joseph in his going forth upon the land of Egypt: I shall hear a lip I knew not

Behold me bringing upon you a nation from far off, O house of Israel, says Jehovah: it is a nation of strength, it is a nation of old, a nation thou wilt not know its tongue, and thou shalt not hear what it will speak.

For not to a people deep of lip and heavy of tongue; thou art sent to the house of Israel; Not to many peoples deep of lip and heavy of tongue which thou wilt not hear their words If to them I sent thee, they will hear to thee.

Children whom not any blemish in them, and good of aspect, and understanding in all wisdom, and knowing knowledge, and understanding intelligence, and to whom power in them to stand in the king's temple, and to teach them the writing and tongue of the chaldees

If perchance, such kind of voices be in the world, and none of them speechless. If therefore I know not the power of the voice, I shall be to him speaking a foreigner, and he speaking a foreigner to me.

And in the days of Arthasatha, wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his colleagues, to Arthasatha, king of Persia; and the writing of the letter' being written in Syriac, and being interpreted in Syriac.

And in the day of Pentecost being completed, they were all unanimously in one and the same place. And suddenly was a sound from heaven as of a wind moving violently, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. And seen to them were tongues divided as fire, and it sat upon Each one of them.read more.
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in other tongues, as the Spirit gave them to utter. And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, circumspect men, from every nation of those under heaven. And there having been this voice, the multitude came together, and were disturbed, for each one heard them speaking in his own dialect. And all were affected in mind and wondered, saying to one another, Behold, are not these speaking Galileans And how hear we each in our own dialect, in which we were born? Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and they dwelling in Mesopotamia, and Judea, and Cappadocia, Pontus, and Asia, And Phrygia, and Pamphylia, Egypt, and parts of Lybia that near Cyrene, and Romans arriving as strangers, and Jews, and strangers, Cretes and Arabians, we hear them speaking in our tongues the great things of God.

To the overseer; chanting of David. The heavens recounting the glory of God, and the firmament announcing the work of his hands. Day to day will gush out the saying, and night to night will breathe out knowledge. No saying and no words without their voice being heard.read more.
Their line went forth into all the earth, and their words into the ends of the habitable globe. In them he set a tent for the sun.

Peter yet speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all hearing the word. And believers of the circumcision were affected in mind, as many as came with Peter, that also upon the nations the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out. For they heard them speaking with tongues, and magnifying God. Then answered Peter,read more.
Much less can any hinder water, for these not to be immersed, who received the Holy Spirit as also we? And he commanded them to be immersed in the name of the Lord. Then asked they him to remain certain. days.

And Eliakim son of Hilkiah, will say, and Shebna, and Joah, to Rabshakeh, Speak now to thy servants in Syriac; for we hear: and thou shalt not speak with us in Judaic in the ears of the people who are upon the wall

And Eliakim will say, and Shebna, and Joah, to Rabshakeh, Speak now to thy servants Aramean, for we hear; and thou shalt not speak to us Judaic in the ears of the people who are upon the wall

Thus shall ye say to them, The gods who made not the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.

And the Ohaldeans will speak to the king Syriac: O king, live forever: say to thy servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.

And the Ohaldeans will speak to the king Syriac: O king, live forever: say to thy servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation. The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The word went out from me: if ye will not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, ye shall be made pieces, and your houses shall be set dung-hills. And if ye shall show the dream and its interpretation, ye shall receive from before me a gift and present, and great honor: therefore shove me the dream and its interpretation.read more.
They answered a second time, and said, The king will say to his servants the dream, and we will show its interpretation.

Jesus says to her, Mary. She having turned, says to him, Rabboni; which is called, Teacher.

And there is in Jerusalem, at the sheep place a pool, in Hebrew called Bethesda, having five porches.

Then Pilate having heard, brought Jesus without, and sat upon the judgment seat, in a place called Paved with ornamental stones; in Hebraic, Gabbatha.

And we having all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying in the Hebrew dialect, Saul, Saul, why drivest thou me out? hard for thee to kick against goads.

And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried out with a great voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani I this is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a great voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, for what hast thou forsaken me?

But I say to you, That every one becoming angry with his brother, shall be subject to judgment: and whoever should say to his brother, Raca, should be, subject to the council: and whoever should say, O foolish, shall be subject to a hell of fire.

And having taken the hand of the young child, he says to her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Little girl, I say to thee, arise.

And having looked up to heaven, he sighed, and says to him, Ephphatha, which is, Be opened.

And he said, Abba, Father, all things possible to thee; turn away this cup from me: but not what I will, but what thou.

For ye have not received the Spirit of servitude again for fear; but have received the Spirit of adoption as a son, in which we cry, Abba, Father.

If any love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha

And because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

And Rabshakeh will stand and call with a great voice in Judaic, and speak and say, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assur:

And they will call with a great voice in Judaic to the people of Jerusalem which were upon the wall, to cause them to fear and to terrify them, so that they shall take the city.

And Rabshakeh will stand and call with a great voice in Judaic, and say, Hear ye the words of the king, the great king of Assur.

And they have a king over them, the angel of the abyss, the name to him in Hebrew Abaddon, and in Greek he has the name Apollyon.

And he gathered them together in a place called in Hebrew Armageddon.

Then read many of the Jews this title: for the place was near the city where Jesus was crucified: and it was written in Hebrew, Greek, Roman.

And being about to be brought into the camp, Paul says to the captain of a thousand, Is it lawful for me to speak anything to thee? and he said, Hast thou knowledge in Greek? Art not thou then the Egyptian, who before these days having risen up, and having brought into the desert four thousand men of murderers? And Paul said, I am truly a man a Jew, a Tarsean of Cilicia, a citizen of no undistinguished city: and I beseech of thee to give way for me to speak to the people.