Genesis 11:8
So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
Genesis 11:8 in other translations
| BSB | So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city. |
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| WEB | So the LORD scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city. |
| ASV | So Jehovah scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off building the city. |
| YLT | And Jehovah doth scatter them from thence over the face of all the earth, and they cease to build the city; |
| DARBY | And Jehovah scattered them thence over the face of the whole earth. And they left off building the city. |
| BBE | So the Lord God sent them away into every part of the earth: and they gave up building their town. |
| Webster | So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. |
What does Genesis 11:8 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 11:5-9
Here is an expression after the manner of men; The Lord came down to see the city. God is just and fair in all he does against sin and sinners, and condemns none unheard. Pious Eber is not found among this ungodly crew; for he and his are called the children of God; their souls joined not themselves to the assembly of these children of men. God suffered them to go on some way, that the works of their hands, from…
Genesis 11:8 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 11:8
- Luke 1:51
He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
- Genesis 10:32
These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
- Genesis 10:25
And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.
- Deuteronomy 32:8
When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
- Genesis 11:4
And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
- Genesis 11:9
Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
- Genesis 49:7
Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
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Context
- Genesis 11:7
Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
- Genesis 11:8
So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
- Genesis 11:9
Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Genesis 11:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Así los esparció Jehová desde allí sobre la faz de toda la tierra, y dejaron de edificar la ciudad. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et l’ Éternel les dispersa de là sur la face de toute la terre; et ils cessèrent de bâtir la ville. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Jehova zerstreute sie von dannen über die ganze Erde; und sie hörten auf, die Stadt zu bauen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Atque ita divisit eos Dominus ex illo loco in universas terras, et cessaverunt ædificare civitatem. |