Genesis 11:7

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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

May

Bible References

Let

And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower which the children of men built.

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over the whole earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth on the earth.

And Jehovah Elohim said, Behold, Man is become as one of us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he stretch out his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever ...!

And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? And I said, Here am I; send me.

Confound

He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, and their hands carry not out the enterprise.

He depriveth of speech the trusty, and taketh away the judgment of the elders;

He that dwelleth in the heavens shall laugh, the Lord shall have them in derision.

Jehovah frustrateth the counsel of the nations; he maketh the thoughts of the peoples of none effect.

And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave to them to speak forth.

May

From these came the distribution of the isles of the nations, according to their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

And they did not know that Joseph understood, for the interpreter was between them.

Jehovah will bring a nation against thee from afar, from the end of the earth, like as the eagle flieth, a nation whose tongue thou understandest not;

Swallow them up, Lord; divide their tongue: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

Behold, I bring a nation upon you from afar, house of Israel, saith Jehovah: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest thou what they say.

For he that speaks with a tongue does not speak to men but to God: for no one hears; but in spirit he speaks mysteries.