Genesis 11:9 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

⁹ Therefore it was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth; and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Therefore the name of it was called Babel–because there the Lord confounded the language of all the earth; and from that place the Lord scattered them abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because Jehovah did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did Jehovah scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

Common English Bible

⁹ Therefore, it is named Babel, because there the LORD mixed up the language of all the earth; and from there the LORD dispersed them over all the earth.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ And for this reason, its name was called 'Babel,' because in that place the language of the whole earth became confused. And from then on, the Lord scattered them across the face of every region.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ And therefore the name thereof was called Babel, because there the language of the whole earth was confounded: and from thence the Lord scattered them abroad upon the face of all countries.

Genesis 11:9 Cross References

Genesis 10:10

The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, and Accad, all of them in the land of Shinar.

Genesis 10:20

These are the descendants of Ham, by their families, their languages, their lands, and their nations.

Genesis 10:25

To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided, and his brother's name was Joktan.

Genesis 10:5

From these the coastland peoples spread. These are the descendants of Japheth in their lands, with their own language, by their families, in their nations.

Psalm 55:9

Confuse, O Lord, confound their speech; for I see violence and strife in the city.

Acts 17:26

From one ancestor he made all nations to inhabit the whole earth, and he allotted the times of their existence and the boundaries of the places where they would live,

1 Corinthians 14:23

If, therefore, the whole church comes together and all speak in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are out of your mind?