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

But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower that the people had started building.

Then God said, "Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness, so they may rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move on the earth."

And the Lord God said, "Now that the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil, he must not be allowed to stretch out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever."

I heard the voice of the sovereign master say, "Whom will I send? Who will go on our behalf?" I answered, "Here I am, send me!"

Confound

He frustrates the plans of the crafty so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had planned!

He deprives the trusted advisers of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.

The one enthroned in heaven laughs in disgust; the Lord taunts them.

The Lord frustrates the decisions of the nations; he nullifies the plans of the peoples.

All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in other languages as the Spirit enabled them.

May

From these the coastlands of the nations were separated into their lands, every one according to its language, according to their families, by their nations.

(Now they did not know that Joseph could understand them, for he was speaking through an interpreter.)

The Lord will raise up a distant nation against you, one from the other side of the earth as the eagle flies, a nation whose language you will not understand,

Confuse them, O Lord! Frustrate their plans! For I see violence and conflict in the city.

The Lord says, "Listen, nation of Israel! I am about to bring a nation from far away to attack you. It will be a nation that was founded long ago and has lasted for a long time. It will be a nation whose language you will not know. Its people will speak words that you will not be able to understand.

For the one speaking in a tongue does not speak to people but to God, for no one understands; he is speaking mysteries by the Spirit.