Genesis 11:4 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 11:4 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֹּאמְר֞וּ
ʼâmar
H559
to say
הָ֣בָה
yâhab
H3051
to give
נִבְנֶה
bânâh
H1129
to build
לָּ֣נוּ
עִ֗יר
ʻîyr
H5892
city
וּמִגְדָּל֙
migdâl
H4026
tower
וְרֹאשׁ֣וֹ
rôʼsh
H7218
head
בַשָּׁמַ֔יִם
shâmayim
H8064
heaven
וְנַֽעֲשֶׂה
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
לָּ֖נוּ
שֵׁ֑ם
shêm
H8034
name
פֶּן
pên
H6435
lest
נָפ֖וּץ
pûwts
H6327
to scatter
עַל
ʻal
H5921
upon
פְּנֵ֥י
pânîym
H6440
face
כָל
kôl
H3605
all
הָאָֽרֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
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World English Bible Public Domain
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."
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King James Version Public Domain
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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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Then they said, “Come, let us build a city for ourselves and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, so that we are not scattered over the face of the whole earth.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).