Therefore the name of it was called Bavel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth. From there, the LORD scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.
James 3:16 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For wherever there is jealousy (envy) and contention (rivalry and selfish ambition), there will also be confusion (unrest, disharmony, rebellion) and all sorts of evil and vile practices. American Standard Version (1901) For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed. Common English Bible Wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there is disorder and everything that is evil. Catholic Public Domain Version For wherever envy and contention is, there too is inconstancy and every depraved work. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For where envying and contention is, there is inconstancy, and every evil work. |
Therefore the name of it was called Bavel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth. From there, the LORD scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.
Onan knew that the seed wouldn't be his; and it happened, when he went in to his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother.
The whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord into the theater, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Sha'ul's companions in travel.
but to those who are self-seeking, and don't obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, will be wrath and indignation,
for God is not a God of confusion, but of shalom. As in all the assemblies of the holy ones,
for you are still fleshly. For insofar as there is jealousy, strife, and factions among you, aren't you fleshly, and don't you walk in the ways of men?
For I am afraid that by any means, when I come, I might find you not the way I want to, and that I might be found by you as you don't desire; that by any means there would be strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander, whisperings, proud thoughts, riots;
idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies,
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't boast and don't lie against the truth.
unlike Kayin, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.