பின்னும் அவர்கள்: நாம் பூமியின்மீதெங்கும் சிதறிப்போகாதபடிக்கு, நமக்கு ஒரு நகரத்தையும், வானத்தை அளாவும் சிகரமுள்ள ஒரு கோபுரத்தையும் கட்டி, நமக்குப் பேர் உண்டாகப் பண்ணுவோம் வாருங்கள் என்று சொல்லிக்கொண்டார்கள்.
Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And they said, Come, 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.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
And they said, Come, let us make a town, and a tower whose top will go up as high as heaven; and let us make a great name for ourselves, so that we may not be wanderers over the face of the earth.
Darby English Bible (DBY)
And they said, Come on, let us build ourselves a city and a tower, the top of which [may reach] to the heavens; and let us make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of the whole earth.
Webster’s Bible (WBT)
And they said, come, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach to heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we should be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
World English Bible (WEB)
They said, “Come, let’s build us a city, and a tower, whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.”
Young’s Literal Translation (YLT)
And they say, `Give help, let us build for ourselves a city and tower, and its head in the heavens, and make for ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of all the earth.’
Cross Reference
Genesis 6:4
There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
John 5:44
How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
Luke 1:51
He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
Daniel 4:30
The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
Daniel 4:22
It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.
Daniel 4:11
The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:
Proverbs 10:7
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
Psalm 92:9
For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
Psalm 49:11
Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
2 Samuel 8:13
And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.
Deuteronomy 4:27
And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.
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.
Deuteronomy 9:1
Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,
Deuteronomy 1:28
Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.
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