Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And Jehovah will say, Behold, the people one, and one lip to them all; and this they begin to do: and now it will not be restrained from them all which they shall imagine to do.
New American Standard Bible
The Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have
King James Version
And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
Holman Bible
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.
International Standard Version
The LORD said, "Look! They are one people with the same language for all of them, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. Nothing that they have a mind to do will be impossible for them!
A Conservative Version
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.
American Standard Version
And Jehovah 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 withholden from them, which they purpose to do.
Amplified
And the Lord said, “Behold, they are one [unified] people, and they all have the same language. This is only the beginning of what they will do [in rebellion against Me], and now no evil thing they imagine they can do will be impossible for them.
Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said, See, they are all one people and have all one language; and this is only the start of what they may do: and now it will not be possible to keep them from any purpose of theirs.
Darby Translation
And Jehovah said, Behold, the people is one, and have all one language; and this have they begun to do. And now will they be hindered in nothing that they meditate doing.
King James 2000
And the LORD said, Behold, the people are one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Yahweh said, "Behold, {they are one people with one language}, and {this is only the beginning of what they will do}. So now nothing that they intend to do will be impossible for them.
Modern King James verseion
And Jehovah said, Behold! The people is one and they all have one language. And this they begin to do. And now nothing which they have imagined to do will be restrained from them.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the LORD said, "See, the people is one and have one tongue among them all: And this have they begun to do, and will not leave off from all that they have purposed to do.
NET Bible
And the Lord said, "If as one people all sharing a common language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be beyond them.
New Heart English Bible
The LORD said, "Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.
The Emphasized Bible
Then said Yahweh: Lo! one people and one manner of speech, have they all, this, then is what they have begun to do, - now, therefore, nothing will be withholden from them which they may plan to do.
Webster
And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
World English Bible
Yahweh said, "Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.
Youngs Literal Translation
and Jehovah saith, 'Lo, the people is one, and one pronunciation is to them all, and this it hath dreamed of doing; and now, nothing is restrained from them of that which they have purposed to do.
Themes
Babel » A city » Plain » Shinar » Tower
Dispersion » After building the tower of babel
Evil » The whole » Imagination
Language » Of all mankind one at first
Language » Confusion of » A punishment for presumption, &c
Topics
Interlinear
'echad
Saphah
Chalal
Batsar
References
Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 11:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Tower Of Babylon
5 And Jehovah will come down to see the city, and the tower which the sons of men built 6 And Jehovah will say, Behold, the people one, and one lip to them all; and this they begin to do: and now it will not be restrained from them all which they shall imagine to do. 7 Come, we will come down and mix their lip that they shall not hear a man the lip of his neighbor.
Cross References
Genesis 11:1
And all the earth shall be one lip, and the same words.
Genesis 3:22
And Jehovah God will say, Lo, Adam became as one from us, to know good and evil: and now lest he shall send forth his hand and take also of the tree of lives, and eat, and live to eternity:
Genesis 6:5
And Jehovah will see that great the evil of man in the earth, and every formation of the thoughts of his heart only evil all the days.
Genesis 8:21
And Jehovah smelled a smell of sweetness; and Jehovah will say in his heart, I will not gather to curse the earth yet again on account of man; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth: and I will not gather yet again to smite every living thing according to which I did.
Genesis 9:19
These the three sons of Noah; and from these was the whole earth disseminated.
Judges 10:14
Go and cry to the gods, which ye chose among them; they shall save for you in time of your straits.
1 Kings 18:27
And it will be at noon, and Elijah will deride upon them, and he will say, Call with a great voice, for he a god: for he is talking, and because a withdrawing to him, and because a way to him, perhaps he is sleeping, and he will awake.
Psalm 2:1-4
Wherefore did the nations rage, and the peoples will meditate emptiness?
Ecclesiastes 11:9
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and thy heart shall do thee good in the days of thy youth, and go in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: and know thou, that for all these God will bring thee into judgment
Luke 1:51
He has done strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the thought of their heart.
Acts 17:26
And he made of one blood every nation of men to dwell upon all the face of the earth, having limited the times before arranged, and the bounds of their habitation;