Genesis 11:6

The Lord said, “Look! These people are united and they all speak one language. If this is what they can do now when they're just getting started, nothing will be impossible for them when they all put their minds to it!

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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 Lord came down to take a look at the city and the tower that the people were building.

7We need to go down and mix up their language and make it confused so they won't be able to understand what they're saying to one other.”

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Cross References

Genesis 6:5The Lord saw how terribly evil people on earth had become—every single thought in their minds was evil all the time!

Genesis 9:19All the people who are spread over the world are descended from these three sons of Noah.

Judges 10:14Go and cry out for help to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you in your time of trouble.”

Psalms 2:1Why are the nations plotting rebellion? The peoples devise schemes, but they're pointless.

Luke 1:51With his power he has broken to pieces those who arrogantly think they're so clever.

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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