Genesis 11:7
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Come ye, therefore, let us go down, and there confound their tongue, that they may not understand one another's speech.

Go to.

let.

Genesis 11:5 And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of Adam were building.

Genesis 1:26 And he said: Let us make man to our image and likeness: and let him have dominion over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and the beasts, and the whole earth, and every creeping creature that moveth upon the earth.

Genesis 3:22 And he said: Behold Adam is become as one of us, knowing good and evil: now therefore lest perhaps he put forth his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever.

Isaiah 6:8 And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: Whom shall I send? and who shall go for us? And I said: Lo, here am I, send me.

confound.

Job 5:12,13 Who bringeth to nought the designs of the malignant, so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had begun: . . .

Job 12:20 He changeth the speech of the true speakers, and taketh away the doctrine of the aged.

Psalm 2:4 He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh at them: and the Lord shall deride them.

Psalm 33:10 The Lord bringeth to nought the counsels of nations; and he rejecteth the devices of people, and casteth away the counsels of princes.

Acts 2:4-11 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost: and they began to speak with divers tongues, according as the Holy Ghost gave them to speak. . . .

may.

Genesis 10:5,20,32 By these were divided the islands of the Gentiles in their lands, every one according to his tongue and their families in their nations. . . .

Genesis 42:23 And they knew not that Joseph understood, because he spoke to them by an interpreter.

Deuteronomy 28:49 The Lord will bring upon thee a nation from afar, and from the uttermost ends of the earth, like an eagle that flyeth swiftly, whose tongue thou canst not understand,

Psalm 55:9 Cast down, O Lord, and divide their tongues; for I have seen iniquity and contradiction in the city.

Jeremiah 5:15 Behold I will bring upon you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, saith the Lord: a strong nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou shalt not know, nor understand what they say.

1 Corinthians 14:2-11,23 For he that speaketh in a tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man heareth. Yet by the Spirit he speaketh mysteries. . . .

Context
The Tower of Babel
6And he said: Behold, it is one people, and all have one tongue: and they have begun to do this, neither will they leave off from their designs, till they accomplish them in deed. 7Come ye, therefore, let us go down, and there confound their tongue, that they may not understand one another's speech.8And so the Lord scattered them from that place into all lands, and they ceased to build the city.…
Cross References
Genesis 1:26
And he said: Let us make man to our image and likeness: and let him have dominion over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and the beasts, and the whole earth, and every creeping creature that moveth upon the earth.

Genesis 42:23
And they knew not that Joseph understood, because he spoke to them by an interpreter.

Exodus 4:11
The Lord said to him: Who made man's mouth? or who made the dumb and the deaf, the seeing and the blind? did not I?

Deuteronomy 28:49
The Lord will bring upon thee a nation from afar, and from the uttermost ends of the earth, like an eagle that flyeth swiftly, whose tongue thou canst not understand,

Isaiah 33:19
The shameless people thou shalt not see, the people of profound speech: so that thou canst not understand the eloquence of his tongue, in whom there is no wisdom.

Jeremiah 5:15
Behold I will bring upon you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, saith the Lord: a strong nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou shalt not know, nor understand what they say.

Lexicon
Come,
הָ֚בָה (hā·ḇāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3051: To give, to put, imperatively, come

let Us go down
נֵֽרְדָ֔ה (nê·rə·ḏāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 3381: To come or go down, descend

and confuse
וְנָבְלָ֥ה (wə·nā·ḇə·lāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1101: To mingle, mix, confuse, confound

their language,
שְׂפָתָ֑ם (śə·p̄ā·ṯām)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8193: The lip, language, a margin

so that
אֲשֶׁר֙ (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

they will not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

understand
יִשְׁמְע֔וּ (yiš·mə·‘ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8085: To hear intelligently

one
אִ֖ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 582: Man, mankind

another’s
רֵעֵֽהוּ׃ (rê·‘ê·hū)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7453: Friend, companion, fellow

speech.”
שְׂפַ֥ת (śə·p̄aṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8193: The lip, language, a margin


Additional Translations
Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

Come, and having gone down let us there confound their tongue, that they may not understand each the voice of his neighbour.

Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

Come, let's go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."

Give help, let us go down, and mingle there their pronunciation, so that a man doth not understand the pronunciation of his companion.'
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