Parallel Verses
Amplified
So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the surface of the entire earth; and they stopped building the city.
New American Standard Bible
So the Lord
King James Version
So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
Holman Bible
So from there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth,
International Standard Version
So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the surface of the whole earth, so that they had to stop building the city.
A Conservative Version
So LORD scattered them abroad from there upon the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.
American Standard Version
So Jehovah scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off building the city.
Bible in Basic English
So the Lord God sent them away into every part of the earth: and they gave up building their town.
Darby Translation
And Jehovah scattered them thence over the face of the whole earth. And they left off building the city.
Julia Smith Translation
And Jehovah will disperse them from thence over the face of all the earth: and they will cease to build the city.
King James 2000
So the LORD scattered them abroad from there upon the face of all the earth: and they left off building the city.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So Yahweh scattered them from there over the face of the whole earth, and they stopped building the city.
Modern King James verseion
So Jehovah scattered them abroad from that place upon the face of all the earth. And they quit building the city.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thus the LORD scattered them from thence upon all the earth. And they left off to build the city.
NET Bible
So the Lord scattered them from there across the face of the entire earth, and they stopped building the city.
New Heart English Bible
So the LORD scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city.
The Emphasized Bible
So Yahweh scattered them from thence over the face of all the earth, - and so they left off building the city.
Webster
So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
World English Bible
So Yahweh scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Jehovah doth scatter them from thence over the face of all the earth, and they cease to build the city;
Themes
Anger of God » Exemplified against » Builders of babel
Babel » A city » Plain » Shinar » Tower » Built
Dispersion » Of the nations after the flood
Dispersion » After building the tower of babel
Language » Confusion of » Scattered men over the earth
Topics
Interlinear
Puwts
Paniym
'erets
References
Easton
Hastings
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 11:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Tower Of Babylon
7
Come, let Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) go down and there confuse and mix up their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”
8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the surface of the entire earth; and they stopped building the city.
9
Therefore the name of the city was
Names
Cross References
Luke 1:51
“He has done mighty deeds with His [powerful] arm;
He has scattered those who were proud in the thoughts of their heart.
Genesis 10:25
Two sons were born to Eber; the name of one was Peleg (division), for [the inhabitants of] the earth were divided in his days; and his brother’s name was Joktan.
Genesis 10:32
These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their descendants, by their nations; and from these [people] the nations were separated and spread abroad on the earth after the flood.
Genesis 11:4
They said, “Come, let us build a city for ourselves, and a tower whose top will reach into the heavens, and let us make a [famous] name for ourselves, so that we will not be scattered [into separate groups] and be dispersed over the surface of the entire earth [as the Lord instructed].”
Genesis 11:9
Therefore the name of the city was
Genesis 49:7
“Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce;
And their wrath, for it was cruel.
I will divide and disperse them in Jacob,
And
Deuteronomy 32:8
“When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance,
When He separated the sons of man,
He set the boundaries of the peoples
According to the number of the sons of Israel.