Strong's Lexicon Now the whole כָל־ (ḵāl) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3605: 1) all, the whole 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything world הָאָ֖רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 776: 1) land, earth 1a) earth 1a1) whole earth (as opposed to a part) 1a2) earth (as opposed to heaven) 1a3) earth (inhabitants) 1b) land 1b1) country, territory 1b2) district, region 1b3) tribal territory 1b4) piece of ground 1b5) land of Canaan, Israel 1b6) inhabitants of land 1b7) Sheol, land without return, (under) world 1b8) city (-state) 1c) ground, surface of the earth 1c1) ground 1c2) soil 1d) (in phrases) 1d1) people of the land 1d2) space or distance of country (in measurements of distance) 1d3) level or plain country 1d4) land of the living 1d5) end(s) of the earth 1e) (almost wholly late in usage) 1e1) lands, countries 1e1a) often in contrast to Canaan had וַֽיְהִ֥י (way·hî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1961: 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone one אֶחָ֑ת (’e·ḥāṯ) Number - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 259: 1) one (number) 1a) one (number) 1b) each, every 1c) a certain 1d) an (indefinite article) 1e) only, once, once for all 1f) one...another, the one...the other, one after another, one by one 1g) first 1h) eleven (in combination), eleventh (ordinal) language שָׂפָ֣ה (śā·p̄āh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 8193: 1) lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding 1a) lip (as body part) 1b) language 1c) edge, shore, bank (of cup, sea, river, etc) and a common אֲחָדִֽים׃ (’ă·ḥā·ḏîm) Number - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 259: 1) one (number) 1a) one (number) 1b) each, every 1c) a certain 1d) an (indefinite article) 1e) only, once, once for all 1f) one...another, the one...the other, one after another, one by one 1g) first 1h) eleven (in combination), eleventh (ordinal) form of speech. וּדְבָרִ֖ים (ū·ḏə·ḇā·rîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1697: 1) speech, word, speaking, thing 1a) speech 1b) saying, utterance 1c) word, words 1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension) Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleNow the whole world had one language and a common form of speech. Young's Literal Translation And the whole earth is of one pronunciation, and of the same words, Holman Christian Standard Bible At one time the whole earth had the same language and vocabulary. New American Standard Bible Now the whole earth used the same language and the same words. King James Bible And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. Parallel Verses New International Version Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. New Living Translation At one time all the people of the world spoke the same language and used the same words. English Standard Version Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. New American Standard Bible Now the whole earth used the same language and the same words. King James Bible And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. Holman Christian Standard Bible At one time the whole earth had the same language and vocabulary. International Standard Version There was a time when the entire earth spoke a common language with an identical vocabulary. NET Bible The whole earth had a common language and a common vocabulary. American Standard Version And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech. English Revised Version And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech. Young's Literal Translation And the whole earth is of one pronunciation, and of the same words, Cross References 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 11:2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. Genesis 11:6 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. Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Genesis 10:31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. Genesis 10:30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east. Genesis 11:3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter. 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. 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