Verse List for GEN 11:1

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) Now the whole world had a single language and the same words,

OET-LV and_ all _of _he/it _was the_earth/land language one and_words/messages one(s).

ULT Now the whole earth had one language and the same words.

UST Now at first, all the people on the earth spoke the same language, so that everyone understood each other.

BSB & MSB Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.

OEB All the inhabitants of the earth had one language and vocabulary;

WEBBE & WMBB The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.

NET The whole earth had a common language and a common vocabulary.

LSV And the whole earth is of one language, and of the same words,

FBV At that time the whole world spoke just one language and used words with the same meaning.

T4T At first, all the people in [MTY] the world spoke the same language [DOU].

LEB Now[fn] the whole earth had one language and the same words.

BBE And all the earth had one language and one tongue.

Moff No Moff GEN book available

JPS And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.

ASV And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.

DRA And the earth was of one tongue, and of the same speech.

YLT And the whole earth is of one pronunciation, and of the same words,

Drby And the whole earth had one language, and the same words.

RV And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.

SLT And all the earth shall be one lip, and the same words.

Wbstr And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

KJB-1769 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.[fn][fn]

KJB-1611 ¶ And the whole earth was of one [fn]language, and of one [fn]speach.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps And all the whole earth was of one language and lyke speache.
(And all the whole earth was of one language and like speech.)

Gnva Then the whole earth was of one language and one speache.
(Then the whole earth was of one language and one speech.)

Cvdl Morouer all the worlde had one tonge & language.
(Moreover/What’s_more all the world had one tongue and language.)

Wycl Forsothe the lond was of o langage, and of the same speche.
(For_certain/Truly the land was of o language, and of the same speech.)

Luth Es hatte aber alle Welt einerlei Zunge und Sprache.
(It had but all world no_matter tongue and language.)

ClVg Erat autem terra labii unius, et sermonum eorumdem.[fn]
(It_was however earth/land to_slipi of_one, and of_speeches theirdem.)

UHB וַֽ⁠יְהִ֥י כָל־הָ⁠אָ֖רֶץ שָׂפָ֣ה אֶחָ֑ת וּ⁠דְבָרִ֖ים אֲחָדִֽים׃ ‡

BrLXX Καὶ ἦν πᾶσα ἡ γῆ χεῖλος ἓν, καὶ φωνὴ μία πᾶσι.

BrTr And all the earth was one lip, and there was one language to all.