Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
Confound
Bible References
Let
Genesis 11:5
Then the Lord came down to look over the city and the tower that the men were building.
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 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.”
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.
Who will go for Us?
I said:
Confound
Job 5:12 He frustrates the schemes of the crafty
so that they achieve no success.
so that they
Job 12:20 He deprives trusted advisers of speech
and takes away the elders’ good judgment.
and takes away the elders’ good judgment.
Psalm 2:4 The One enthroned in heaven laughs;
the Lord ridicules them.
the Lord ridicules them.
Psalm 33:10 The Lord frustrates the counsel of the nations;
He thwarts the plans of the peoples.
He thwarts the plans of the peoples.
Acts 2:4
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
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 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 55:9 Lord, confuse and confound their speech,
for I see violence and strife in the city;
for I see violence and strife in the city;
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.
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.
1 Corinthians 14:2
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.