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 scattered them abroad from there over the face of the whole earth; and they stopped building the city.

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, and they stopped building the city.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
So the Lord

Usage: 0

שׁם 
Sham 
Usage: 823

upon the face
פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

of all the earth
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

to build
בּנה 
Banah 
Usage: 376

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.

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.

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