5And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of Adam were building.


In Context

2 And when they removed from the east, they found a plain in the land of Sennaar, and dwelt in it.

3 And each one said to his neighbour: Come, let us make brick, and bake them of stones, and slime instead of mortar.

4 And they said: Come, let us make a city and a tower, the top whereof may reach to heaven: and let us make our name famous before we be scattered abroad into all lands.

5 And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of Adam were building.

6 And he said: Behold, it is one people, and all have one tongue: and they have begun to do this, neither will they leave off from their designs, till they accomplish them in deed.

7 Come ye, therefore, let us go down, and there may not understand one another's speech.

Genesis 11:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:5And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:5But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower that the men were building.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:5And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:5And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower which the children of men built.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:5And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:5And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men were building.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:5Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:5And Jehovah cometh down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men have builded;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:5And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.