Parallel Verses
Amplified
Now the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had 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.
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
They said, “Come, let us build a city for ourselves, and a tower whose top will reach into the heavens, and let us make a [famous] name for ourselves, so that we will not be scattered [into separate groups] and be dispersed over the surface of the entire earth [as the Lord instructed].”
Cross References
Genesis 18:21
I will go down now, and see whether they have acted [as vilely and wickedly] as the outcry which has come to Me [indicates]; and if not, I will know.”
Exodus 19:11
and be ready by the third day, because on the third day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai [in the cloud] in the sight of all the people.
Exodus 3:8
So I have come down to rescue them from the hand (power) of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a land [that is] good and spacious, to a land
Exodus 19:18
Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke because the Lord descended upon it in fire; its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.
Exodus 19:20
The Lord came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain; and the Lord called Moses to the top of the mountain, and he went up.
Psalm 11:4
The Lord is in His holy temple; the Lord’s throne is in heaven.
His eyes see, His eyelids test the children of men.
Psalm 33:13-14
The Lord looks [down] from heaven;
He sees all the sons of man;
Jeremiah 23:23-24
“Am I a God who is at hand,” says the Lord,
“And not a God far away?”
John 3:13
Hebrews 4:13
And not a creature exists that is concealed from His sight, but all things are open and exposed, and revealed to the eyes of Him with whom we have to give account.