Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
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.
New American Standard Bible
They said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly.” And they used brick for stone, and they used
King James Version
And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
Holman Bible
They said to each other, “Come, let us make oven-fired bricks.” They used brick for stone and asphalt for mortar.
International Standard Version
They told each other, "Come on! Let's burn bricks thoroughly." They used bricks for stone and tar for mortar.
A Conservative Version
And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and they had slime for mortar.
American Standard Version
And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.
Amplified
They said one to another, “Come, let us make bricks and fire them thoroughly [in a kiln, to harden and strengthen them].” So they used brick for stone [as building material], and they used tar (bitumen, asphalt) for mortar.
Bible in Basic English
And they said one to another, Come, let us make bricks, burning them well. And they had bricks for stone, putting them together with sticky earth.
Darby Translation
And they said one to another, Come on, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar.
King James 2000
And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and bitumen had they for mortar.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And they said {to each other}, "Come, let us make bricks and {burn them thoroughly}." And they had brick for stone and they had tar for mortar.
Modern King James verseion
And they said to one another, Come, let us make brick and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And they said, one to another, "Come on, let us make brick and burn it with fire." So brick was their stone and slime was their mortar.
NET Bible
Then they said to one another, "Come, let's make bricks and bake them thoroughly." (They had brick instead of stone and tar instead of mortar.)
New Heart English Bible
They said one to another, "Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.
The Emphasized Bible
Then said they, each man to his friend, Come on! let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly, - So the bricks, served them for stone, and bitumen, served them for mortar,
Webster
And they said one to another, come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.
World English Bible
They said one to another, "Come, let's make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.
Youngs Literal Translation
and they say each one to his neighbour, 'Give help, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly:' and the brick is to them for stone, and the bitumen hath been to them for mortar.
Themes
Art » Primitive » Of the brickmaker
Arts and crafts » Names of various » Brick-makers
Babel » A city » Plain » Shinar » Tower » Built
Bitumen » Margin rv, slime » An inflammable mineral
Brick » Used in building: babel
Cities » Built » Of brick and slime
Dispersion » After building the tower of babel
Language » Confusion of » A punishment for presumption, &c
Miracles » Catalogue of » The confusion of languages
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 11:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Tower Of Babylon
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. 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.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 14:10
And the valley of Siddim, pit, pit of pitch; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah shall flee and shall fall there; and those having remained shall flee to the mountain.
Exodus 1:14
And they will embitter their lives by hard work in clay, and in bricks, and in all work in the field: all their work in which they made them serve by oppression.
Exodus 2:3
And she will not be able any more to hide him, and she will take for him an ark of bulrush, and will pitch it with bitumen and with pitch, and she will put in it the child, and will put in the sedge by the lip of the river.
Genesis 11:4
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.
Genesis 11:7
Come, we will come down and mix their lip that they shall not hear a man the lip of his neighbor.
Exodus 5:7-18
Ye shall not gather straw to give to the people to make bricks as yesterday, and the third day: they shall go and gather straw for themselves.
2 Samuel 12:31
And the people which were in it he brought forth, and he will put at the saw and at the threshing-sledge of iron, and at axes of iron, and caused them to pass over through the brick-kiln: and thus he will do to all the cities of the sons of Ammon. And David will turn back, and all the people, to Jerusalem.
Psalm 64:5
They will strengthen to themselves an evil word: they will recount to hide snares; they said, Who shall see them
Proverbs 1:11
If they shall say, Go with us, we will lie in wait for blood, we will hide for the innocent gratuitously;
Ecclesiastes 2:1
I Said in my heart, Go now, I will prove thee with gladness, and look thou upon good: and behold, this also vanity.
Isaiah 5:5
And now I will make known to you now what I do to my vineyard, taking away its hedge, and it was for consuming, breaking down its wall, and it was for a treading down.
Isaiah 9:10
The bncks fell, and we will build with hewn stone: the sycamores were cut down, and the cedars we will renew.
Isaiah 41:6-7
They will help a man his neighbor, and he will say to his brother, Be strong.
Isaiah 65:3
The people irritating me to my face continually; sacrificing in gardens, and burning incense upon bricks;
Nahum 3:14
Draw the water of the siege to thee, strengthen thy fortresses go into clay, tread upon the clay, hold fast from the brick.
Hebrews 3:13
But beseech one another according to each day, as far as the day is called; lest any of you be hardened by deceit of sin.
Hebrews 10:24
And we should observe one another for the incitement of love and good works:
James 4:13
Come on now, ye saying, To day or to morrow let us go to this city, and do there one year, and let us trade, and derive profit:
James 5:1
Come on now, ye rich, weep, uttering loud cries of grief for the misfortunes coming upon you.