Genesis 11:8 - Easy To Read Version

⁸ So the Lord caused the people to spread all over the earth. So the people did not finish building the city.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ So the Lord scattered them abroad from that place upon the face of the whole earth, and they gave up building the city.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ So Jehovah scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off building the city.

Common English Bible

⁸ Then the LORD dispersed them from there over all of the earth, and they stopped building the city.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ And so the Lord divided them from that place into all the lands, and they ceased to build the city.

Genesis 11:8 Cross References

Genesis 10:25

Eber was the father of two sons. One son was named Peleg. [63] He was given this name because the earth was divided during his life. The other son was named Joktan.

Genesis 10:32

That is the list of the families from Noah’s sons. They are arranged according to their nations. From those families came all the people who spread across the earth after the flood.

Genesis 10:5

All the people who lived in the area around the Mediterranean Sea came from these sons of Japheth. Each son had his own land. All the families grew and became different nations. Each nation had its own language.

Genesis 11:4

Then the people said, “We should build a city for ourselves. And we should build a tower that will reach to the sky. We will be famous. {And this will keep us together.} We will not be scattered all over the earth.”

Genesis 11:9

That is the place where the Lord confused the language of the whole world. So that place is called Babel. [68] So the Lord caused the people to spread out from that place to all the other places on earth.

Genesis 49:7

Their anger is a curse. It is too strong. They are too cruel when they are mad. They will not get their own land in the land of Jacob. They will be spread throughout Israel.”

Psalm 33:10

The Lord can make everyone’s advice useless.\par He can ruin all their plans.\par

Psalm 92:9

Lord, all your enemies will be destroyed.\par All those people who do bad things\par will be destroyed.\par

Luke 1:51

God reached out his arm\par and showed his power:\par He scattered those people that are proud\par and think great things about themselves.\par

Deuteronomy 32:8

God Most-High separated the people on earth and gave each nation its own land. God set up borders for those people. He made as many nations as there are angels. [211]