Genesis 11:8 - The Scriptures 1998

⁸ And יהוה  scattered them from there, over the face of all the earth, and they left off 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

And to Ě

Genesis 10:32

These were the clans of the sons of Noaḥ

Genesis 10:5

From these the coastland peoples of the nations were separated into their lands, everyone according to his language, according to their clans, into their nations.

Genesis 11:4

And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens, and make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered over all the face of the earth.”

Genesis 11:9

That is why its name was called Baḇ

Genesis 49:7

“Cursed be their displeasure for it is fierce, and their wrath for it is cruel! I divide them in Yaʽ

Psalm 33:10

יהוה  brings the counsel of the nations to naught; He thwarts the plans of the peoples.

Psalm 92:9

For look, Your enemies, O יהוה, For look, Your enemies do perish; All the workers of wickedness are scattered.

Luke 1:51

“He did mightily with His arm, He scattered the proud in the thought of their hearts.

Deuteronomy 32:8

“When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance When He separated the sons of Aḏ