Genesis 11:1
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Genesis 11:1

Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Now the whole earth used the same language and the same words.

King James Version

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

Holman Bible

At one time the whole earth had the same language and vocabulary.

International Standard Version

There was a time when the entire earth spoke a common language with an identical vocabulary.

A Conservative Version

And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.

American Standard Version

And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.

Amplified

Now the whole earth spoke one language and used the same words (vocabulary).

Bible in Basic English

And all the earth had one language and one tongue.

Darby Translation

And the whole earth had one language, and the same words.

Julia Smith Translation

And all the earth shall be one lip, and the same words.

King James 2000

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Now the whole earth [had] one language and the same words.

Modern King James verseion

And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And all the world was of one tongue and one language.

NET Bible

The whole earth had a common language and a common vocabulary.

New Heart English Bible

The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.

The Emphasized Bible

So it came to pass that, all the earth, was of one manner of speech, - and of one stock of words.

Webster

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

World English Bible

The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.

Youngs Literal Translation

And the whole earth is of one pronunciation, and of the same words,

Themes

Babel » A city » Plain » Shinar » Tower » Built

Babylon » City of » Tower of

Confusion » Of tongues

Dispersion » After building the tower of babel

Language » Of all mankind one at first

Language » Confusion of

Language » Unity of

Miracles » Catalogue of » The confusion of languages

Tongue » Confusion of

Tower » Of babel

Topics

Language

Speech

humanity

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the whole earth
H776
ארץ 
'erets 
land, earth, country, ground, world, way, common, field, nations, wilderness
Usage: 2504

was of one
H259
אחד 
'echad 
one, first, another, other, any, once, eleven , every, certain, an, some, .
Usage: 432

language
H8193
שׂפת שׂפה 
Saphah 
lip, bank, brim, edge, language, speech, shore, brink, border, side, prating, vain,
Usage: 176

and of one
H259
אחד 
'echad 
one, first, another, other, any, once, eleven , every, certain, an, some, .
Usage: 432

References

Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 11:1

Verse Info

Context Readings

The Tower Of Babylon

1 Now the whole earth used the same language and the same words. 2 It came about as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

All the Earth

Whole Earth

Cross References

Zephaniah 3:9

“For then I will give to the peoples purified lips,
That all of them may call on the name of the Lord,
To serve Him shoulder to shoulder.

Acts 2:6

And when this sound occurred, the crowd came together, and were bewildered because each one of them was hearing them speak in his own language.

Isaiah 19:18

In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will be speaking the language of Canaan and swearing allegiance to the Lord of hosts; one will be called the City of Destruction.

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