Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Then the Lord came down to look over the city and the tower that the men were building.

New American Standard Bible

The Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.

King James Version

And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

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.

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;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the Lord

Usage: 0

ירד 
Yarad 
Usage: 378

to see
ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

the city
עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
Usage: 1094

and the tower
מגדּלה מגדּל 
Migdal 
Usage: 50

of men
אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

Context Readings

The Tower Of Babylon

4 And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the sky. Let us make a name for ourselves; otherwise, we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.” 5 Then the Lord came down to look over the city and the tower that the men were building. 6 The Lord said, “If they have begun to do this as one people all having the same language, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.


Cross References

Genesis 18:21

I will go down to see if what they have done justifies the cry that has come up to Me. If not, I will find out.”

Exodus 19:11

and be prepared by the third day, for on the third day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.

Exodus 3:8

I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and to bring them from that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the territory of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

Exodus 19:18

Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke because the Lord came down on it in fire. Its smoke went up like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain shook violently.

Exodus 19:20

The Lord came down on Mount Sinai at the top of the mountain. Then the Lord summoned 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 watch; He examines everyone.

Psalm 33:13-14

The Lord looks down from heaven;
He observes everyone.

Jeremiah 23:23-24

“Am I a God who is only near”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“and not a God who is far away?

John 3:13

No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

Hebrews 4:13

No creature is hidden from Him, but all things are naked and exposed to the eyes of Him to whom we must give an account.

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