Genesis 11:6
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New American Standard Bible

The Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have the same language. And this is what they began to do, and now nothing which they purpose to do will be impossible for them.

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.

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.

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 » Built

Babylon » City of » Tower of

Confusion » Of tongues

Dispersion » After building the tower of babel

Evil » The whole » Imagination

Language » Of all mankind one at first

Language » Confusion of

Language » Confusion of » A punishment for presumption, &c

Language » Unity of

Miracles » Catalogue of » The confusion of languages

Tongue » Confusion of

Tower » Of babel

Topics

Imagination, Evil Scheming

Divine Restraints

Unified People

Possibilities For People

Activity Begun

Possible For People

Visualization

Language

Working Together

Success And Hard Work

Togetherness

technology

accomplishment

imagination

impossible

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the Lord
H3068

LORD, GOD, JEHOVAH, variant
Usage: 0

said
H559

said, speak, answer, command, tell, call, promised, .
Usage: 0

Behold, the people
H5971
עם 
`am 
people, nation, people , folk, Ammi, men, each
Usage: 1867

is one
H259
אחד 
'echad 
one, first, another, other, any, once, eleven , every, certain, an, some, .
Usage: 432

and they have all one
H259
אחד 
'echad 
one, first, another, other, any, once, eleven , every, certain, an, some, .
Usage: 432

language
H8193
שׂפת שׂפה 
Saphah 
lip, bank, brim, edge, language, speech, shore, brink, border, side, prating, vain,
Usage: 176

and this they begin
H2490
חלל 
Chalal 
begin, profane, pollute, defile, break, wounded, eat, slay, first, gather grapes, inheritance, began men, piped, players, prostitute, sorrow, stain, eat as common things
Usage: 142

to do
H6213

do, make, wrought, deal, commit, offer, execute, keep, shew, prepare, work, do so, perform, get, dress, maker, maintain,
Usage: 0

and now nothing
H3808

not, no, none, nay, never, neither, ere, otherwise, before
Usage: 0

will be restrained
H1219
בּצר 
Batsar 
fenced, defenced, gather, grapegatherers, fortify, cut off, restrained, strong, mighty things, walled up, fenced up, walled, withholden, non translated variant
Usage: 37

from them, which they have imagined
H2161
זמם 
Zamam 
thought, devise, consider, purpose, imagine, plot
Usage: 13

References

Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 11:6

Verse Info

Context Readings

The Tower Of Babylon

5 The Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built. 6 The Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have the same language. And this is what they began to do, and now nothing which they purpose to do will be impossible for them. 7 Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”


Lord Said

Nothing Will Be Impossible

Jehovah

No

Cross References

Genesis 11:1

Now the whole earth used the same language and the same words.

Genesis 3:22

Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”—

Genesis 6:5

Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Genesis 8:21

The Lord smelled the soothing aroma; and the Lord said to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground on account of man, for the intent of man’s heart is evil from his youth; and I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have done.

Genesis 9:19

These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated.

Judges 10:14

Go and cry out to the gods which you have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your distress.”

1 Kings 18:27

It came about at noon, that Elijah mocked them and said, “Call out with a loud voice, for he is a god; either he is occupied or gone aside, or is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and needs to be awakened.”

Psalm 2:1-4

Why are the nations in an uproar
And the peoples devising a vain thing?

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, young man, during your childhood, and let your heart be pleasant during the days of young manhood. And follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes. Yet know that God will bring you to judgment for all these things.

Luke 1:51

“He has done mighty deeds with His arm;
He has scattered those who were proud in the thoughts of their heart.

Acts 17:26

and He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation,

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