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Genesis 11:7

Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הָ֚בָהHa.vahgive !H3051 →
נֵֽרְדָ֔הne.re.Dahlet us go downH3381 →
וְנָבְלָ֥הve.na.ve.Lahand let us confuseH1101 →
שָׁ֖םshamthereH8033 →
שְׂפָתָ֑םse.fa.Tamlanguage theirH8193 →
אֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherthatH834 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
יִשְׁמְע֔וּyish.me.'Uthey will hearH8085 →
אִ֖ישׁ'isheachH376 →
שְׂפַ֥תse.Fat[the] language ofH8193 →
רֵעֵֽהוּ׃re.'E.huneighbor hisH7453 →

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Psalms 33:10The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.John 14:23Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.Job 5:12–13He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.Genesis 1:26Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”Psalms 55:9O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.1 Corinthians 14:2–11For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men, but to God. Indeed, no one understands him; he utters mysteries in the Spirit.1 Corinthians 14:23So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and some who are uninstructed or some unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your minds?Genesis 42:23They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.Acts 2:4–11And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.Deuteronomy 28:49The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,Job 12:20He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.Psalms 2:4The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.Genesis 3:22Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...”Jeremiah 5:15Behold, I am bringing a distant nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose speech you do not understand.Genesis 11:3And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.Exodus 3:8I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.Genesis 18:21I will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out.”Isaiah 5:5Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will tear down its wall, and it will be trampled.

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