Genesis 11:7
Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
KJV
Venite igitur, descendamus, et confundamus ibi linguam eorum, ut non audiat unusquisque vocem proximi sui.
Vulgate
δεῦτε καὶ καταβάντες συγχέωμεν ἐκεῖ αὐτῶν τὴν γλῶσσαν, ἵνα μὴ ἀκούσωσιν ἕκαστος τὴν φωνὴν τοῦ πλησίον.
LXX
Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
ASV
הָ֚בָ/ה נֵֽרְדָ֔ה וְ/נָבְלָ֥ה שָׁ֖ם שְׂפָתָ֑/ם אֲשֶׁר֙ לֹ֣א יִשְׁמְע֔וּ אִ֖ישׁ שְׂפַ֥ת רֵעֵֽ/הוּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
בְּלוּלָ֥ה
blvlh
verb · 43×
ה
h
verb · 32×
ה
h
adverb · 827×
הוּ
hv
noun · 186×
י
y
noun · 177×
יָרְד֥וּ
yrdv
verb · 377×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×
Typology
Miracle
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. Wherefore neither with this was He satisfied, but unfolds also the very nature of the war, signifying it to be far more grievous even than a civil war; and He says, I have come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. For not friends only, says He, nor fellow citizens, but even kinsme…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 14:2 — For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.
- 1Cor 14:23 — If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
- Acts 2:4 — And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
- Deut 28:49 — The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
- Exod 3:8 — And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the
- Gen 1:26 — And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over
- Gen 1:26 — And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over
- Gen 3:22 — And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
- Gen 11:3 — And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
- Gen 18:21 — I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
- Isa 5:5 — And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:
- Isa 6:8 — Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
- Jer 5:15 — Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what the
- Job 5:12 — He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
- Job 12:20 — He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
- John 14:23 — Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
- Ps 2:4 — He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision.
- Ps 33:10 — The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
- Ps 55:9 — Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
- Ps 55:9 — Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.