Genesis 11:8
So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
KJV
Atque ita divisit eos Dominus ex illo loco in universas terras, et cessaverunt ædificare civitatem.
Vulgate
καὶ διέσπειρεν αὐτοὺς Κύριος ἐκεῖθεν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον πάσης τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἐπαύσαντο οἰκοδομοῦντες τὴν πόλιν καὶ τὸν πύργον.
LXX
So Jehovah scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off building the city.
ASV
וַ/יָּ֨פֶץ יְהוָ֥ה אֹתָ֛/ם מִ/שָּׁ֖ם עַל פְּנֵ֣י כָל הָ/אָ֑רֶץ וַֽ/יַּחְדְּל֖וּ לִ/בְנֹ֥ת הָ/עִֽיר
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶחְדָּ֑ל
'chdl
verb · 59×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בְנ֣וֹת
bnvt
verb · 365×
ה
h
adverb · 827×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
ם
m
verb · 68×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
Typology
Miracle
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Deut 32:8 — When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
- Deut 32:8 — When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
- Gen 10:25 — And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.
- Gen 10:32 — These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
- Gen 11:4 — And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
- Luke 1:51 — He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.