Genesis 11:7 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 11:7

5 ^aBut the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.

6 And the Lord said, “Indeed ^athe people are one and they all have ^bone language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they ^cpropose to do will be withheld from them.

7 Come, ^alet Us go down and there ^bconfuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”

8 So ^athe Lord scattered them abroad from there ^bover the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city.

9 Therefore its name is called¹ Babel, ^abecause there the Lord confused the language of all the earth; and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.

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10 ^aThis is the genealogy of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old, and begot Arphaxad two years after the flood.

Verse Comparison: Genesis 11:7

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American Standard Version
Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

Amplified® Bible
Come, let Us go down and there confound (mix up, confuse) their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

Contemporary English Version
Come on! Let's go down and confuse them by making them speak different languages--then they won't be able to understand each other.

Darby English Version
Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

Good News Bible
Let us go down and mix up their language so that they will not understand each other."

King James Version
Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

New American Standard Bible
"Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another's speech."

New International Version
Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other."

New King James Version
Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another's speech."

Revised Standard Version
Come, let us go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."

Young's Literal Translation
Give help, let us go down, and mingle there their pronunciation, so that a man doth not understand the pronunciation of his companion.'

New English Translation
Come, let’s go down and confuse¹ their language so they won’t be able to understand each other.”²

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