Genesis 11:8
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English Standard Version
So the LORD dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.

New American Standard Bible
So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of the whole earth; and they stopped building the city.

King James Bible
So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So from there the LORD scattered them over the face of the whole earth, and they stopped building the city.

International Standard Version
So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the surface of the whole earth, so that they had to stop building the city.

NET Bible
So the LORD scattered them from there across the face of the entire earth, and they stopped building the city.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So the LORD scattered them all over the face of the earth, and they stopped building the city.

King James 2000 Bible
So the LORD scattered them abroad from there upon the face of all the earth: and they left off building the city.

American King James Version
So the LORD scattered them abroad from there on the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

American Standard Version
So Jehovah scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off building the city.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And so the Lord scattered them from that place into all lands, and they ceased to build the city.

Darby Bible Translation
And Jehovah scattered them thence over the face of the whole earth. And they left off building the city.

English Revised Version
So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

Webster's Bible Translation
So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

World English Bible
So Yahweh scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city.

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah doth scatter them from thence over the face of all the earth, and they cease to build the city;
Lexicon
So the LORD
Yhovah  (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
scattered them abroad
puwts  (poots)
to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
from thence
sham  (shawm)
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence -- in it, + thence, there (-in, + of, + out), + thither, + whither.
upon the face
paniym  (paw-neem')
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
of all the earth
'erets  (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
and they left off
chadal  (khaw-dal')
to be flabby, i.e. (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idle -- cease, end, fall, forbear, forsake, leave (off), let alone, rest, be unoccupied, want.
to build
banah  (baw-naw')
to build (literally and figuratively) -- (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), surely.
the city
`iyr  (eer)
or (in the plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) -- Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
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