Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And LORD came 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.
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.
Julia Smith Translation
And Jehovah will come down to see the city, and the tower which the sons 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 said, Come, let us build a city for us, and a tower, and its top in the heavens. And let us make a name for us, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. 5 And LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of men built. 6 And LORD said, Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is what they begin to do. And now nothing will be withheld from them, which they propose to do.
Cross References
Genesis 18:21
I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which comes to me. And if not, I will know.
Exodus 19:11
and be ready for the third day, for the third day LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
Exodus 3:8
And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the A
Exodus 19:18
And mount Sinai, the whole of it, smoked, because LORD descended upon it in fire, and the smoke of it ascended as the smoke of a furnace. And the whole mount quaked greatly.
Exodus 19:20
And LORD came down upon mount Sinai, to the top of the mount. And LORD called Moses to the top of the mount, and Moses went up.
Psalm 11:4
LORD is in his holy temple. LORD's throne is in heaven. His eyes, behold, his eyelids try, the sons of men.
Psalm 33:13-14
LORD looks from heaven. He beholds all the sons of men.
Jeremiah 23:23-24
Am I a God at hand, says LORD, and not a God afar off?
John 3:13
And no man has ascended into heaven, except he who came down out of heaven: the Son of man who is in heaven.
Hebrews 4:13
And there is no creature concealed from his presence, but all things are naked and vulnerable to his eyes, before whom is the word to us.