Genesis 11:4 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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 scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ And they said, Come, let us build us a city and a tower whose top reaches into the sky, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered over the whole earth.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ And they said, Come, 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.

Common English Bible

⁴ They said, “Come, let’s build for ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the sky, and let’s make a name for ourselves so that we won’t be dispersed over all the earth.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ And they said: "Come, let us make a city and a tower, so that its height may reach to heaven. And let us make our name famous before we are divided into all the lands."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ And they said: Come, let us make a city and a tower, the top whereof may reach to heaven: and let us make our name famous, before we be scattered abroad into all lands.

Genesis 11:4 Cross References

Genesis 6:4

The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.

2 Samuel 8:13

And David won a name for himself. When he returned, he slew eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

Psalm 107:26

They mounted up to heaven, they went down to the depths; their courage melted away in their evil plight;

Psalm 92:9

For lo, thy enemies, O Lord, for lo, thy enemies shall perish; all evildoers shall be scattered.

Proverbs 10:7

The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.

Jeremiah 51:53

Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify her strong height, yet destroyers would come from me upon her, says the Lord.

Daniel 4:11

The tree grew and became strong, and its top reached to heaven, and it was visible to the end of the whole earth.

Daniel 4:22

it is you, O king, who have grown and become strong. Your greatness has grown and reaches to heaven, and your dominion to the ends of the earth.

Daniel 4:27

Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you; break off your sins by practicing righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, that there may perhaps be a lengthening of your tranquillity.”

Daniel 4:30

and the king said, “Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by my mighty power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”

Luke 1:51

He has shown strength with his arm, he has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts,

John 5:44

How can you believe, who receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?

Deuteronomy 1:28

Whither are we going up? Our brethren have made our hearts melt, saying, “The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.” ’

Deuteronomy 4:27

And the Lord will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the Lord will drive you.

Deuteronomy 9:1

“Hear, O Israel; you are to pass over the Jordan this day, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourselves, cities great and fortified up to heaven,