Genesis 11:6

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

he said: These people are working together because they all speak the same language. This is just the beginning. Soon they will be able to do anything they want.

Cross References

Genesis 11:1

At first everyone spoke the same language,

Genesis 3:22

The LORD said, “These people now know the difference between right and wrong, just as we do. But they must not be allowed to eat fruit from the tree that lets them live for ever.”

Genesis 6:5

The LORD saw how bad the people on earth were and that everything they thought and planned was evil.

Genesis 8:21

The smell of the burning offering pleased God, and he said: Never again will I punish the earth for the sinful things its people do. All of them have evil thoughts from the time they are young, but I will never destroy everything that breathes, as I did this time.

Genesis 9:19

All people on earth are descendants of Noah's three sons.

1 Kings 18:27

At midday, Elijah began making fun of them. “Pray louder!” he said. “Baal must be a god. Perhaps he's daydreaming or using the toilet or travelling somewhere. Or perhaps he's asleep, and you have to wake him up.”

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Be cheerful and enjoy life while you are young! Do what you want and find pleasure in what you see. But don't forget that God will judge you for everything you do.

Amos 4:7

Three months before harvest, I kept back the rain. Sometimes I would let it fall on one town or field but not on another, and pastures dried up.

Luke 1:51

The Lord has used his powerful arm to scatter those who are proud.

Acts 17:26

From one person God made all nations who live on earth, and he decided when and where every nation would be.