Genesis 11:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Now the whole earth had one language and the same words.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

AND THE whole earth was of one language and of one accent and mode of expression.

American Standard Version (1901)

And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.

Common English Bible

All people on the earth had one language and the same words.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Now the earth was of one language and of the same speech.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And the earth was of one tongue, and of the same speech.

Genesis 11:1 Cross References

Genesis 10:32

These are the families of Noah’s sons, according to their genealogies, in their nations, and from these the nations spread abroad on the earth after the flood.

Genesis 11:2

And as they migrated from the east, they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

Genesis 11:6

And the Lord said, “Look, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do; nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them.

Isaiah 19:18

On that day there will be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the Lord of hosts. One of these will be called the City of the Sun.

Zephaniah 3:9

At that time I will change the speech of the peoples to a pure speech, that all of them may call on the name of the Lord and serve him with one accord.

Acts 2:6

And at this sound the crowd gathered and was bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in the native language of each.