Genesis 11:6

Then said Yahweh: Lo! one people and one manner of speech, have they all, this, then is what they have begun to do,—now, therefore, nothing will be withholden from them which they may plan to do.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

5And Yahweh came down, to behold the city, and the tower,—which the sons of men had built.

7Come on! let us go down, and there confuse their speech,—that they may not understand, each man the speech of his friend.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:5Then Yahweh saw that great, was the wickedness of man in the earth, and that, every purpose of the devices of his heart, was only wicked all the day;

Genesis 9:19These three, were the sons of Noah,—and from these, was all the earth overspread.

Judges 10:14Go and make outcry unto the gods whom ye have chosen,—they, must save you, in the time of your tribulation.

Psalms 2:1Wherefore have nations assembled in tumult? Or should, peoples, mutter an empty thing?

Luke 1:51He hath wrought strength with his arm, He hath scattered men arrogant in the intention 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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