8So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.


In Context

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

6 And the LORD 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.

7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

9 Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

10 These are the generations of Shem. Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arpachshad two years after the flood:

Genesis 11:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:8So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:8So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:8And so the Lord scattered them from that place into all lands, and they ceased to build the city.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:8So Jehovah scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off building the city.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:8And Jehovah scattered them thence over the face of the whole earth. And they left off building the city.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:8So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:8So Yahweh scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:8And Jehovah doth scatter them from thence over the face of all the earth, and they cease to build the city;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:8So the LORD scattered them abroad from there on the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.