Genesis 11:4-6

New American Standard Bible

Chapter 11

4 And they said, 'Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach into heaven, and let’s make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered abroad over the face of all the earth.' 5 Now the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the men had built. 6 And the LORD said, 'Behold, they are one people, and they all have the same language. And this is what they have started to do, and now nothing which they plan to do will be impossible for them.

King James Version

Chapter 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.

5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. 6 And 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.

Christian Standard Bible

Chapter 11

4 And they said, "Come, let's build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the sky. Let's make a name for ourselves; otherwise, we will be scattered throughout the earth."

5 Then the Lord came down to look over the city and the tower that the humans were building. 6 The Lord said, "If they have begun to do this as one people all having the same language, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.

New Living Translation

Chapter 11

4 Then they said, 'Come, let's build a great city for ourselves with a tower that reaches into the sky. This will make us famous and keep us from being scattered all over the world.'

5 But the LORD came down to look at the city and the tower the people were building. 6 'Look!' he said. 'The people are united, and they all speak the same language. After this, nothing they set out to do will be impossible for them!

English Standard Version

Chapter 11

4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.” 5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man had built. 6 And the LORD said, “Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them.

New International Version

Chapter 11

4 Then they said, 'Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.'

5 But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower the people were building. 6 The LORD said, 'If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.

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