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.

And the LORD {H3068} said {H559}, Behold, the people {H5971} is one {H259}, and they have all one {H259} language {H8193}; and this they begin {H2490} to do {H6213}: and now nothing {H3808}{H3605} will be restrained {H1219} from them, which they have imagined {H2161} to do {H6213}.

Adonai said, “Look, the people are united, they all have a single language, and see what they’re starting to do! At this rate, nothing they set out to accomplish will be impossible for them!

And the LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.

And Jehovah said, Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do: and now nothing will be withholden from them, which they purpose to do.

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Cross-References

  • Psalms 2:1 (10 votes)

    ¶ Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

  • Psalms 2:4 (10 votes)

    He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

  • Genesis 3:22 (8 votes)

    ¶ And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

  • Genesis 11:1 (6 votes)

    ¶ And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

  • Ecclesiastes 11:9 (5 votes)

    Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these [things] God will bring thee into judgment.

  • Luke 1:51 (5 votes)

    He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

  • Genesis 6:5 (5 votes)

    And GOD saw that the wickedness of man [was] great in the earth, and [that] every imagination of the thoughts of his heart [was] only evil continually.