Genesis 11:1 - The Scriptures 1998

And all the earth had one language and one speech.

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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 were the clans of the sons of Noaḥ

Genesis 11:2

And it came to be, as they set out from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinʽ

Genesis 11:6

And יהוה  said, “Look, they are one people and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do! And now, they are not going to be withheld from doing whatever they plan to do.

Isaiah 19:18

In that day five cities in the land of Mitsrayim shall speak the language of Kenaʽ

Zephaniah 3:9

“For then I shall turn unto the peoples a clean lip, so that they all call on the Name of יהוה, to serve Him with one shoulder.

Acts 2:6

And when this sound came to be, the crowd came together, and were confused, because everyone heard them speak in his own language.