Genesis 11:7 KJV
Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
Difficult Passages
- Were the nations divided by their tongues before Babel?Genesis 10 sets out the nations as they came to be; chapter 11 goes back to tell how the tongues and the scattering began.
Matthew Henry
- The confusion of tongues, The builders of Babel dispersedHere is an expression after the manner of men; The Lord came down to see the city. God is just and fair in all he does against sin and sinners, and condemns...
Thompson Chains
- God's PowerSee the chain from 1 Chronicles 29:12 · 8 links
Cross References
- Genesis 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 every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
- Genesis 42:23 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.
- Deuteronomy 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;
- Psalms 2:4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
- Jeremiah 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 they say.
- Acts 2:4–11 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. …
- 1 Corinthians 14:2–11 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. …
- 1 Corinthians 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?
- Genesis 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:
- Genesis 10:5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
- Genesis 10:20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
- Genesis 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.
- Genesis 11:5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
- Job 5:12–13 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.
- Psalms 33:10 The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
- Psalms 55:9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
- Isaiah 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.
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Topics
- Anthropomorphisms Miscellaneous figures
- Babel A city in the plain of Shinar. Tower built, and tongues confused at
- Babylon Tower of
- Confusion Of tongues
- Dispersion After building the tower of Babel
- Earth Early divisions of
- Language Confusion of
- Miracles The confusion of languages
- Tongue Confusion of
- Tower Of Babel
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible2446–2126 BC · From Shem to Terah
Hebrew and Strong’s
- Go to הָבָה hābâ יָהַב Verb · qal imperative, second person masculine singular
- let us go down נֵרְדָה nērĕdâ יָרַד Verb · qal cohortative, first person common plural
- and there confound וְנָבְלָה wĕnābĕlâ בָּלַל Verb · qal cohortative, first person common plural · with and שָׁם šām Adverb
- their language שְׂפָתָם śĕpātām שָׂפָה Noun · feminine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine plural
- that אֲשֶׁר ʾăšer אֲשֶׁר Relative
- they may not understand לֹא lōʾ Negative יִשְׁמְעוּ yišmĕʿû שָׁמַע Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine plural
- one אִישׁ ʾîš אִישׁ Noun · masculine singular
- another's רֵעֵהוּ rēʿēhû רֵעַ Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
- speech שְׂפַת śĕpat שָׂפָה Noun · feminine singular construct
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