Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. Treasury of Scripture Go to. The Hebrew word signifies, 'Come,' or, 'make preparation,' as for a journey or the execution of a purpose. let. Genesis 11:5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built. 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... 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... 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. confound. Job 5:12,13 He disappoints the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise... Job 12:20 He removes away the speech of the trusty, and takes away the understanding of the aged. Psalm 2:4 He that sits in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision. Psalm 33:10 The LORD brings the counsel of the heathen to nothing: he makes the devices of the people of none effect. 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... may. Genesis 10:5,20,32 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations... Genesis 42:23 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spoke to them by an interpreter. Deuteronomy 28:49 The LORD shall bring a nation against you from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies... Psalm 55:9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city. Jeremiah 5:15 See, I will bring a nation on you from far, O house of Israel, said the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation... 1 Corinthians 14:2-11,23 For he that speaks in an unknown tongue speaks not to men, but to God: for no man understands him; however...
Context The Tower of Babel
1And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. 2And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelled there. 3And 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 mortar. 4And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach to heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad on the face of the whole earth. 5And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built. 6And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. 7Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. 8So the LORD scattered them abroad from there on the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. 9Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from there did the LORD scatter them abroad on the face of all the earth. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Come ye, therefore, let us go down, and there may not understand one another's speech.
Darby Bible Translation
Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
King James Bible
Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
Young's Literal Translation
Give help, let us go down, and mingle there their pronunciation, so that a man doth not understand the pronunciation of his companion.'
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