Genesis 11:7

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Genesis 11:7

Come, let Us go down there and confuse their language so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”

Genesis 1:26

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness. They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, all the earth, and the creatures that crawl on the earth.”

Genesis 42:23

They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.

Deuteronomy 28:49

The Lord will bring a nation from far away, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down on you like an eagle, a nation whose language you don’t understand,

Psalm 2:4

The One enthroned in heaven laughs;
the Lord ridicules them.

Jeremiah 5:15

I am about to bring a nation
from far away against you,
house of Israel.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
It is an established nation,
an ancient nation,
a nation whose language you do not know
and whose speech you do not understand.

Genesis 3:22

The Lord God said, “Since man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil, he must not reach out, take from the tree of life, eat, and live forever.”

Genesis 10:5

The coastland peoples spread out into their lands. These are Japheth’s sons by their clans, in their nations. Each group had its own language.

Genesis 10:20

These are Ham’s sons, by their clans, according to their languages, in their own lands and their nations.

Genesis 10:32

These are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their family records, in their nations. The nations on earth spread out from these after the flood.

Genesis 11:5

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

Job 5:12-13

He frustrates the schemes of the crafty
so that they achieve no success.

Job 12:20

He deprives trusted advisers of speech
and takes away the elders’ good judgment.

Psalm 33:10

The Lord frustrates the counsel of the nations;
He thwarts the plans of the peoples.

Psalm 55:9

Lord, confuse and confound their speech,
for I see violence and strife in the city;

Isaiah 6:8

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying:

Who should I send?
Who will go for Us?

I said:

Here I am. Send me.

Acts 2:4-11

Then they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different languages, as the Spirit gave them ability for speech.

1 Corinthians 14:2-11

For the person who speaks in another language is not speaking to men but to God, since no one understands him; however, he speaks mysteries in the Spirit.

1 Corinthians 14:23

Therefore, if the whole church assembles together and all are speaking in other languages and people who are uninformed or unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your minds?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Genesis 11:7

Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

Let

Confound

Acts 2:4

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Bible References

Let

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

The Lord God said, “Since man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil, he must not reach out, take from the tree of life, eat, and live forever.”

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying:

Who should I send?
Who will go for Us?

I said:

Here I am. Send me.

Confound

He frustrates the schemes of the crafty
so that they achieve no success.

He deprives trusted advisers of speech
and takes away the elders’ good judgment.

The One enthroned in heaven laughs;
the Lord ridicules them.

The Lord frustrates the counsel of the nations;
He thwarts the plans of the peoples.

Then they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different languages, as the Spirit gave them ability for speech.

May

The coastland peoples spread out into their lands. These are Japheth’s sons by their clans, in their nations. Each group had its own language.

They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.

The Lord will bring a nation from far away, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down on you like an eagle, a nation whose language you don’t understand,

Lord, confuse and confound their speech,

for I see violence and strife in the city;

For the person who speaks in another language is not speaking to men but to God, since no one understands him; however, he speaks mysteries in the Spirit.