Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And Jehovah doth scatter them from thence over the face of all the earth, and they cease to build 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.
Amplified
So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the surface of the entire earth; and they stopped 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.
Themes
Anger of God » Exemplified against » Builders of babel
Babel » A city » Plain » Shinar » Tower
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 Give help, let us go down, and mingle there their pronunciation, so that a man doth not understand the pronunciation of his companion.' 8 And Jehovah doth scatter them from thence over the face of all the earth, and they cease to build the city; 9 therefore hath one called its name Babel, for there hath Jehovah mingled the pronunciation of all the earth, and from thence hath Jehovah scattered them over the face of all the earth.
Names
Cross References
Luke 1:51
He did powerfully with His arm, He scattered abroad the proud in the thought of their heart,
Genesis 10:25
And to Eber have two sons been born; the name of the one is Peleg (for in his days hath the earth been divided,) and his brother's name is Joktan.
Genesis 10:32
These are families of the sons of Noah, by their births, in their nations, and by these have the nations been parted in the earth after the deluge.
Genesis 11:4
And they say, 'Give help, let us build for ourselves a city and tower, and its head in the heavens, and make for ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of all the earth.'
Genesis 11:9
therefore hath one called its name Babel, for there hath Jehovah mingled the pronunciation of all the earth, and from thence hath Jehovah scattered them over the face of all the earth.
Genesis 49:7
Cursed is their anger, for it is fierce, And their wrath, for it is sharp; I divide them in Jacob, And I scatter them in Israel.
Deuteronomy 32:8
In the Most High causing nations to inherit, In His separating sons of Adam -- He setteth up the borders of the peoples By the number of the sons of Israel.