Genesis 11:8
Genesis chapter 11 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000So Jehovah scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off building the city.
KJV
King James Version · 1611So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901So Jehovah scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off building the city.
Context
v.7Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
v.8This passage
v.9Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because Jehovah did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did Jehovah scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 49:7
Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; And their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel.
- Luke 1:51
He hath showed strength with his arm; He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their heart.
- Deuteronomy 32:8
When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the children of men, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel.
- Genesis 11:9
Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because Jehovah did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did Jehovah scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
- Genesis 11:4
And they said, Come, 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.
- Genesis 10:25
And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.