Genesis 11:6 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 11:6 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 →
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
יְהוָ֗ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
הֵ֣ן
hên
H2005
behold
עַ֤ם
ʻam
H5971
people
אֶחָד֙
ʼechâd
H259
one
וְשָׂפָ֤ה
sâphâh
H8193
lip
אַחַת֙
ʼechâd
H259
one
לְכֻלָּ֔ם
kôl
H3605
all
וְזֶ֖ה
zeh
H2088
this
הַחִלָּ֣ם
châlal
H2490
to profane
לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
וְעַתָּה֙
ʻattâh
H6258
now
לֹֽא
lôʼ
H3808
not
יִבָּצֵ֣ר
bâtsar
H1219
to fortify
מֵהֶ֔ם
כֹּ֛ל
kôl
H3605
all
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
יָזְמ֖וּ
zâmam
H2161
to devise
לַֽעֲשֽׂוֹת
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Yahweh said, "Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And Yahweh said, “Behold, one people, and they all have one language. So this what they have begun to do, and now everything that they plan to do will not be impossible for them.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).