Genesis 11:5
Modern Translations
New International Version
But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower the people were building.

New Living Translation
But the LORD came down to look at the city and the tower the people were building.

English Standard Version
And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man had built.

Berean Study Bible
Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.

New American Standard Bible
Now the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the men had built.

NASB 1995
The LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.

NASB 1977
And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.

Amplified Bible
Now the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.

Christian Standard Bible
Then the LORD came down to look over the city and the tower that the humans were building.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then the LORD came down to look over the city and the tower that the men were building.

Contemporary English Version
But when the LORD came down to look at the city and the tower,

Good News Translation
Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which they had built,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the descendants of Adam were building.

International Standard Version
However, the LORD descended to look over the city and the tower that the humans were building.

NET Bible
But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the people had started building.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

New King James Version
But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.

King James 2000 Bible
And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.

New Heart English Bible
The LORD came down to see the city and the tower, that humankind was building.

World English Bible
Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.

American King James Version
And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.

American Standard Version
And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

A Faithful Version
And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the children of men had built.

Darby Bible Translation
And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower which the children of men built.

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

Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men were building.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
But the Lord came downe, to see the citie and towre, which the sonnes of men builded.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
But the Lorde came downe to see the citie and towre whiche the chyldren of men buylded.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Then came ye LORDE downe, to se ye cite & tower, yt ye childre of me had buylded.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And the LORde came downe to see the cyte and the toure which the childern of Ada had buylded.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And YHWH comes down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men have built;

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah cometh down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men have builded;

Smith's Literal Translation
And Jehovah will come down to see the city, and the tower which the sons of men built.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of Adam were building.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Then the Lord descended to see the city and the tower, which the sons of Adam were building.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And LORD JEHOVAH came down to see the city and the tower that the children of men were building.

Lamsa Bible
And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which men were building.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of men built.
















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