Genesis 11:6

And he said: “Behold, the people are united, and all have one tongue. And since they have begun to do this, they will not desist from their plans, until they have completed their work.

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In The King James Version

And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

In Context

5Then the Lord descended to see the city and the tower, which the sons of Adam were building.

7Therefore, come, let us descend, and in that place confound their tongue, so that they may not listen, each one to the voice of his neighbor.”

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Cross References

Genesis 6:5Then God, seeing that the wickedness of men was great upon the earth and that every thought of their heart was intent upon evil at all times,

Genesis 9:19These three are the sons of Noah. And from these all the family of mankind was spread over the whole earth.

Judges 10:14Go, and call upon the gods whom you have chosen. Let them free you in the time of anguish.”

Psalms 2:1Why have the Gentiles been seething, and why have the people been pondering nonsense?

Luke 1:51He has accomplished powerful deeds with his arm. He has scattered the arrogant in the intentions of their heart.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 11:6-10

5 And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. 6 And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. 7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. 8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. 9 Therefore is… Read the whole commentary →

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