Genesis 11:6

And the Lorde sayd: Beholde, the people is one, and they haue all one language, and this they begin to do: neither is there any let to them from all those thinges whiche they haue imagined to do.

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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

5But the Lorde came downe to see the citie and towre whiche the chyldren of men buylded.

7Come on, let vs go downe, and there confounde their language, that euerye one perceaue not his neighbours speache.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:5But God sawe that the malice of man was great in the earth, and all the imagination of the thoughtes of his heart [was] only euyll euery day.

Genesis 9:19These are the three sonnes of Noah, & of them was the whole earth ouerspread.

Judges 10:14Go and crye vnto the gods whiche ye haue chosen, and let them saue you in the tyme of your tribulation.

Luke 1:51He hath shewed stregth with his arme, he hath scattered them that are proude, in the imagination of their heartes.

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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