Genesis 11:8 - Revised Version 1885

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

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Genesis 11:8 Cross References

Genesis 10:25

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

Genesis 10:32

These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.

Genesis 10:5

Of these were the isles of the nations divided in their lands, every one after his tongue; after their families, in their nations.

Genesis 11:4

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.

Genesis 11:9

Therefore was 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.

Genesis 49:7

Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; And their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel.

Psalm 33:10

The LORD bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought: He maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of none effect.

Psalm 92:9

For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, For, lo, thine enemies shall perish; All the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

Luke 1:51

He hath shewed strength with his arm; He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their heart.

Deuteronomy 32:8

When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the children of men, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel.