10 Bible Verses about Languages Confused
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Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, so that they cannot understand one another's speech.
So Jehovah scattered them abroad from that place upon the face of all the earth. And they quit building the city. Therefore the name of it is called Babel; because Jehovah confused the language of all the earth there. And from there Jehovah scattered them abroad on the face of all the earth.
By these were the coasts of the nations divided in their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
So it may be many kinds of sounds are in the world, and not one is without a distinct sound.
For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing of it, and to every people in their language, so that every man should bear rule in his own house, and published according to the language of every people.
Then a herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,
Then King Darius wrote to all people, nations, and languages who dwell in all the earth. Peace be multiplied to you.
But this sound occurring, the multitude came together and were confounded, because they each heard them speaking in his own dialect.
Swallow up, O Jehovah, and divide their tongues; for I have seen violence and fighting in the city.
Therefore if the whole church has come together, and all speak in languages, and if uninstructed ones or unbelievers come in, will they not say that you rave?