10 Bible Verses about Languages Confused
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Come on! let us go down, and there confuse their speech, - that they may not under-stand, each man the speech of his friend.
So Yahweh scattered them from thence over the face of all the earth, - and so they left off building the city. For this cause, was the name thereof called Babel; because there, did Yahweh confuse the speech of all the earth, - and, from thence, did Yahweh scatter them abroad, over the face of all the earth.
From these, were dispersed the inhabitants of the coastlands of the nations, in their lands, each man by his tongue, by their families in their nations.
There may happen to be so many kinds of languages in the world, and, not one, unspoken: -
So he sent letters, into all the provinces of the king, into every province according to she writing thereof, and unto every people according to their tongue, - That every man should he ruler in his own house, and issue his commands, according to the tongue of his people.
And, the herald, proclaimed aloud, - To you, is given the word, O ye peoples, races, and tongues:
Then, Darius the king, wrote to all the peoples, the races, and the tongues who were dwelling in all the earth, Your prosperity abound!
And this sound occurring the throng came together and was thrown into confusion, because each one severally heard in his own language them who were speaking;
Confuse, O My Lord, divide their speech, For I have seen violence and contention in the city;
If, then, the whole assembly come together with one consent, and, all, are speaking with tongues, - and there come in persons unskilled or unbelieving, will they not say that ye are raving?