Genesis 11:6
And the LORD said: 'Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do; and now nothing will be withholden from them, which they purpose to do.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
5And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
Cross References
Genesis 6:5And the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Genesis 9:19These three were the sons of Noah, and of these was the whole earth overspread.
Judges 10:14Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them save you in the time of your distress.'
Psalms 2:1Why are the nations in an uproar? And why do the peoples mutter in vain?
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 →