Genesis 11:7

Good News Translation (US Version)

Let us go down and mix up their language so that they will not understand each other.”

Cross References

Psalm 33:10

The Lord frustrates the purposes of the nations; he keeps them from carrying out their plans.

Psalm 55:9

Confuse the speech of my enemies, O Lord! I see violence and riots in the city,

Genesis 1:26

Then God said, “And now we will make human beings; they will be like us and resemble us. They will have power over the fish, the birds, and all animals, domestic and wild, large and small.”

1 Corinthians 14:23

If, then, the whole church meets together and everyone starts speaking in strange tongues—and if some ordinary people or unbelievers come in, won't they say that you are all crazy?

Jeremiah 5:15

People of Israel, the Lord is bringing a nation from far away to attack you. It is a strong and ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know.

Psalm 2:4

From his throne in heaven the Lord laughs and mocks their feeble plans.

Job 12:20

He silences those who are trusted, and takes the wisdom of old people away.

Deuteronomy 28:49

The Lord will bring against you a nation from the ends of the earth, a nation whose language you do not know. They will swoop down on you like an eagle.

Isaiah 6:8

Then I heard the Lord say, “Whom shall I send? Who will be our messenger?” I answered, “I will go! Send me!”

Genesis 42:23

Joseph understood what they said, but they did not know it, because they had been speaking to him through an interpreter.

Genesis 11:5

Then the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which they had built,

Genesis 10:20

These are the descendants of Ham, living in their different tribes and countries, each group speaking its own language.

Genesis 3:22

Then the Lord God said, “Now these human beings have become like one of us and have knowledge of what is good and what is bad. They must not be allowed to take fruit from the tree that gives life, eat it, and live forever.”

Genesis 10:32

All these peoples are the descendants of Noah, nation by nation, according to their different lines of descent. After the flood all the nations of the earth were descended from the sons of Noah.

Genesis 10:5

they were the ancestors of the people who live along the coast and on the islands. These are the descendants of Japheth, living in their different tribes and countries, each group speaking its own language.

Exodus 4:11

The Lord said to him, “Who gives man his mouth? Who makes him deaf or dumb? Who gives him sight or makes him blind? It is I, the Lord.

Isaiah 33:19

You will no longer see any arrogant foreigners who speak a language that you can't understand.